New York Real Property Law Section 221 - Rent due on life leases recoverable.

  221.  Rent  due on life leases recoverable. Rent due on a lease for
  life or lives is recoverable by action, as  well  after  as  before  the
  death  of  the  person  on  whose life the rent depends, and in the same
  manner as rent due on a lease for years.

Last modified: February 3, 2019