The foreclosure buyer of a luxury home in Westchester County recently turned to Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. for help. The closing took place in December of 2019. The owner sent eviction notices to the occupants; the notices long expired. Due to COVID-19, the owner could not effectively commence or prosecute a summary eviction proceeding. The Full Article…
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtain Residential Eviction During COVID and Permission to Use Self-Help
The team at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. (ALBPC) continues to find creative ways to assist landlord clients in the wake of the nonfunctional New York Housing Courts. In a recent case, a landlord-client learned that his tenant, in violation of the lease and New York law, had been illegally subletting his apartment through Airbnb to Full Article…
How to evict commercial tenants in 2021 despite the moratorium
By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio This article addresses and updates the law 15 years later on the self-help remedy that enables commercial landlords to regain possession of leased premises from tenants in material breach of one or more lease covenants. As demonstrated below, courts continue to enforce its proper use, as it Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey: Building a New Kind of Real Estate Law Firm
Attorney at Law Magazine sat down with New York real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, the founder and managing partner of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to discuss his career. AALM: What drew you to a career in the law? ALB: Since I was a child, I have fought against injustice on my own behalf and on behalf Full Article…
Court lets Fortis off hook for Williamsburg Condo defects
Developer wins argument that shoddy workmanship is board’s problem now Since purchasing 37 condo units from bankruptcy nearly a decade ago, a Brooklyn developer has denied that it also acquired responsibility for fixing defects in the building. Now, a court has let the developer off the hook. A panel of Appellate Division judges found that Fortis Property Full Article…
Nowhere To Call Home
In a city as populous as New York, homelessness has been a problem for years. What can be done to fix it? New York’s top Real Estate Lawyers share their insights. In July 2020, there were 58,089 homeless people who slept in the New York City Municipal shelter system, according to the national coalitions for Full Article…
Q&A: Porch as Living Space
Q. I live in a three-flat condo. Before I purchased the second floor, the owner of the third floor opened up the wall to the porch, enclosed the porch, and claimed it as living space. It has since been cited by the city and must come down. The owner wants the first and second-floor owners to Full Article…
Becoming a Real Estate Lawyer – Adam Leitman Bailey
It’s the law of the land, which means there’s a lot to learn for anyone considering becoming a lawyer in this area. Adam Leitman Bailey’s dedicated real estate attorneys tell us about the challenge of keeping up with ever-evolving laws; how the bustle of New York City presents all kinds of litigious and transactional opportunities; Full Article…
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