Representing a New York City landlord in a licensee holdover proceeding against the son of a deceased tenant of record, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., won a bench trial and achieved a judgment of possession and money. The tenant of record died in 2021. Our client bought the Queens building in 2023. At that time, the Full Article…
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., Wins Trial and $100,000 Monetary and Possessory Judgment in Residential Non-Payment Case, Overcoming Laches and Breach of Warranty of Habitability Defenses
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., achieved complete victory in a hard-fought Manhattan Housing Court non-payment proceeding, winning a bench trial and obtaining a greater than $100,000 monetary and possessory judgment for its landlord client, while defeating the tenant’s laches and breaches of warranty of habitability defenses. Representing the landlord-owner of a Manhattan condominium apartment housing a Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Substantial Early Termination Payment for Tenant of Foreclosed Building in Receivership
With the right counsel, it turns out that you can squeeze blood from a stone, or at least from an intransigent landlord. In an extraordinary turn of events, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. managed to secure an early termination payment in the hundreds of thousands of dollars from the landlords of a foreclosed building in receivership Full Article…
Coop Board Forced To Obey The Law
The well known “business judgment rule” gives a cooperative’s Board of Directors wide discretion in how to administer the building it oversees. Many Boards, however, mistake this for an even broader mandate to do whatever they wish. When a family that owned a penthouse apartment in a coop came to Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., they Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Takes Serious Fire Department, Gets Violations Removed with Finesse and Zeal
When a Fortune 500 company faced a violation from the New York City Fire Department for failing to have a certificate of fitness for air chilling equipment on the roof of their building, their General Counsel’s office contacted the lawyers at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to fight the violation. The implications of being held guilty Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Protects a Bona Fide Purchaser of Property Dragged Into a Dispute Between Prior Owners
In a heated dispute between prior owners of a property, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., successfully defended against claims that its client’s predecessor in interest fraudulently obtained the subject property from the Plaintiff, and the subsequent sale of the Property to our client was null and void. The property at issue was originally owned an LLC, Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Successfully Prevents Borrower From Staying a Foreclosure Sale
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a lender to foreclose a business purpose loan. After successfully prosecuting the foreclosure action and obtaining a judgment of foreclosure and sale, the property was scheduled for auction. On the eve of the foreclosure sale, the borrower filed an Order to Show Cause, with a request for a Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Lifts the Cloud Over Client’s Title
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. vindicated the ownership rights of a Housing Corporation in two of its residences. After pressing suit in New York Supreme Court, setting forth compelling facts and evidence and seeking injunctive and substantial monetary relief for the owner, Defendant was forced to capitulate, withdrawing his spurious claims over title. A former tenant Full Article…
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