172 Van Duzer Realty Corp. v. Globe Alumni Student Assistance Association, Inc.

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• noting that the rule in Fifty States \addresses ... the inequities of damages disproportionate to the losses incurred as a result of a tenant's collateral or minor breach\
• explaining that the Fifty States rule \is inapplicable to defendants ... who commit[ ] material breaches of the lease by ceasing all rental payments ... and simultaneously abandoning the premises\
• remanding judgment enforcing liquidated damages clause for consideration of actual damages
• “Liquidated damages that constitute a penalty [] violate public policy, and are unenforceable.”
• ʺonce a tenant abandons the property prior to expiration of the lease, a landlord is within its rights under New York law to do nothing and collect the full rent due under the leaseʺ (alterations and internal quotation marks omitted)

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