Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. secured an emergency temporary restraining order for its landlord client before Christmas, obtaining permission from a Supreme Court Judge to change the locks and seal the doors to three apartments with New York Police Department (NYPD) assistance to keep out violent illegal short-term rental operators. First, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. secured a Full Article…
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Overcoming Extremely Difficult Odds, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Agency Governing Rent Deregulation, DHCR, Protecting Default Order of High-Income High-Rent Deregulation, Deregulating Apartment
This case highlights the mantra of never-ever giving up, believing in the case, and continuing to fight for our client’s rights to deregulate a rent stabilized apartment despite five years of delays and obstacles in multiple courts and agency proceedings. Finally, at the State Supreme Court, justice prevailed for our landlord-client who never stopped believing Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Injunction Against Serial Illegal Short-Term Rental Operators
Representing a New York landlord, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. obtained an injunction in a Supreme Court ejectment action against a group of illegal short-term rental operators who commandeered multiple apartments in our client’s building. Several months ago, a group of straw tenants, led by their ringleader, submitted a series of fraudulent apartment applications, and obtained Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Summary Judgment in Post-Foreclosure Holdover Proceeding and Achieves Eviction
Representing the buyer of a foreclosed property in Queens, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. prosecuted a holdover proceeding during COVID, won summary judgment of possession, and achieved a marshal’s eviction in November 2021. The owner bought the property in 2019 pursuant to a referee’s deed in foreclosure and filed the eviction proceeding in early 2020 through Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains a Preliminary Injunction and an Order of Contempt Against Holdover Licensees Illegally Using a New York City Apartment as a Single Room Occupancy Dwelling and for Short-Term Occupancy
In a New York County Supreme Court ejectment action, Adam Leitman Bailey P.C., prevailed on a motion for a temporary restraining order, then obtained an order of contempt against the non-complying occupants based on their illegal and dangerous use of a Class A apartment as a de facto single room occupancy dwelling and short-term rental Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Declaratory Judgment, Permanent Injunction, and Judgment of Possession Against Nuisance Apartment Occupant Despite Ban on Evictions
Representing a residential landlord in a Supreme Court ejectment action, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was tasked with securing possession of an apartment; second, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was charged with protecting the safety and quiet enjoyment of the apartments of neighboring residents against an unauthorized nuisance occupant left over when the tenant of record vacated the apartment, but failed Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Post-Foreclosure Writ of Assistance
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by foreclosure lender (“Plaintiff”) to commence a foreclosure auction. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. prosecuted the action, secured a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, and auctioned the property. Plaintiff was the high bidder at the sale and the property reverted to Plaintiff by referee’s deed. Although Plaintiff took ownership of the property, the Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., Defeats Tenant’s Overcharge and Rent Illegality Claims; Wins Partial Summary Judgment in Non-Payment Proceeding
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., in a residential non-payment proceeding in New York County Housing Court, won partial summary judgment on its prima facie case and obtained dismissal of the tenant’s defenses and counterclaims of overcharge and rent illegality. The tenant moved into the apartment in the mid-1980s and signed two successive commercial leases for use Full Article…
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