Both New York State and New York City, as well as other municipalities within New York State, have laws on the books that prohibit discrimination by owners and managers of housing accommodations against prospective tenants based on the source of the tenants’ income. The New York State and New York City versions of these laws Full Article…
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RPL 235-J – Bedbug Notification Requirements
By: Solomon Chouicha Governor Hochul recently signed into law an amendment to Real Property Law Section 235-j concerning landlords’ duty to notify its tenants of bedbug infestations. Previously, the law required landlords to notify tenants of such infestations within 24 hours of the landlord receiving knowledge of an infestation. The amendment modifies the notification requirements. Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Fights to Recover Property from Baseless Rent Control Succession Claims
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. is on the verge of securing a landlord’s property over hotly contested, false claims of succession by the former rent-controlled tenant’s grandson. After three days of trial with 12 claimant witnesses in play, final closings are set so that, as appears inevitable, the Court can finally reject claimant’s specious assertions and Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., Obtains Dismissal of HP Proceedings and Wins Access Holdover Proceeding Against Nightmare Rent Controlled Tenant
In New York City, residential leases generally require tenants to provide their landlords access to apartments to inspect, or to perform needed repairs and improvements. The Housing Maintenance Code prohibits tenants from refusing an owner or their agents access to an apartment to make repairs or improvements or to inspect the apartment to determine compliance Full Article…
Phony Tenants Evicted
In a building with tax breaks dependent on tenants meeting certain income limits, several tenants conspired with an outside screening agent to phony up their income records along with their placement on the waiting list for the building. Through this scheme, they got their apartments. However, the Attorney General’s Office became aware of this scheme Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats a Post-Eviction Order to Show and Secured a Mitchell-Lama Coop’s Right to Recover Possession of a Unit
Our client is a Mitchell-Lama Coop in Brooklyn, several of the residents are elderly and are holocaust survivors. We commenced a nonpayment eviction proceeding in Brooklyn Housing Court in November 2022, and we were able to secure a final judgment against the shareholder in May 2024. Thereafter, the shareholder’s guardian ad litem and daughter filed Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Obtains Summary Judgment Ruling Dismissing Complaint Seeking Payment Of Exterminator Fees Where No Contract Was Shown To Exist To Provide Authority For Such Payment
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. represents a Coop corporation in Queens, New York. When a new Board was elected it conducted an investigation of the books and records maintained by the prior managing agent. The Board questioned the exterminating service which had billed the Corporation over $2 million over a number of years for termite and Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Overcomes Son’s Succession Claim and Wins Holdover Proceeding and Monetary Judgment for Landlord After Trial
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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