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…
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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. Successfully Advocates on Behalf of Client, Ensuring Protective Measures For Historic Building and Tenants
The board of a condominium on the Upper East Side approached Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. searching for assistance in negotiating a license agreement with a large-scale real estate developer; they hoped to install protective measures concerning a massive adjacent demolition and construction project for a new commercial building that services the entertainment and music industry. Full Article…
Demolition: One of the Last Ways to Deregulate a Building
With the June 2019 passage of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA), owners are desperately seeking ways out of rent regulation in an attempt to recapture the profitability their buildings previously had. Two such exit strategies are “substantial rehabilitation,” available only to deteriorated buildings, and “demolition,” generally available to rent-stabilized buildings regardless of their Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s Banking Department Ensures Client Success Despite Hurricane Complications
On September 1, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall in New York, heavily impacting the Tri-State area with devastating winds and rain. With up to 3.1 inches of rain in Central Park within just one hour, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency in New York City for the first time. Mayor Bill de Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Trial; Vacating Mechanics Lien Foreclosure Sale Denied
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to represent the purchaser in a mechanic’s lien foreclosure of a commercial building in upper Manhattan which had proceeded to auction and sale. The client was the high bidder. After Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client paid just over a million dollars and was deeded the property, the prior owner Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Historic Westchester County Real Estate Settlement Following Motion to Enforce
BACKGROUND: Earlier this year, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. secured an absolute victory with an unprecedented multi- million-dollar settlement of multiple lawsuits. These lawsuits were brought by owners of a neighboring property to Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client in which they alleged an adverse possession claim against the client’s property, the last remaining vacant plot in a Westchester County Full Article…
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