Critical Changes to RPAPL § 881 – Adjoining Properties – What New York Contractors and Construction Managers Need to Know

DATE: June 9, 2026

LOCATION:  The Cornell Club, 6 East 44^th St., NY, NY 10017

TIME: 8:30am – breakfast – 9:00 am -11:00 am – program

SPEAKERS:  – David Polazzi, Senior Counsel, Vice Chair of the Real Estate and Corporate Law Practice Groups – Peckar & Abramson
– Mark Snyder, Partner, Peckar & Abramson

COST:            $125 per person for AGC NYS & BCA NY Members or $165 per non-member (Includes Coffee and Continental Breakfast)

Who Should Attend: Executive Officers, Senior Staff and Project Managers, Attorneys.

Recent amendments to New York’s RPAPL § 881 will significantly change how project teams obtain and maintain access to adjoining properties for construction-related work. The 2025 amendment signed into law by Governor Hochul, and the newly enacted 2026 revisions, will directly impact general contractors (GCs) and construction managers (CMs), as well as their trade contractors who regularly confront neighbor access, support of excavation, and protection of adjoining property challenges.

Although we do not advise that GCs and CMs get involved in the “weeds” of license agreements or the prosecution of an action to obtain access pursuant to an RPAPL § 881 action, which are typically owner responsibilities, GCs and CMs should understand the change in law, as there may be circumstances where they are responsible for securing access.

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