By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman In an era when this nation’s economic stability depends, in part, on stable and unfettered real estate transfers, equitable subrogation provides a solution to some of the cracks in the system. However, as evidenced by a split between two departments of the Appellate Division, these cracks need some Full Article…
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Growing Fraud- Self Help Measures Can Head Off Problems, New York State Land Title Association Bulletin
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Carly Greenberg Today’s bank robbers rarely use a mask and gun. The crimes are usually completed at a real estate transaction’s closing table. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, lenders incurred more than $1 billion in mortgage losses in 2005 as a result of fraud.1 During this same time Full Article…
Right of First Refusal: In Pursuit of an Effective, Ligitation-Proof Proviso, New York Law Journal
By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio Since biblical Abraham’s purchase of his wife Sarah’s burial plot in Hebron from Ephron the Hittite, the transfer of land has been creative, predictable and repetitive.1 Despite the familiarity of such transactions, land transfers have been the subject of an inordinate amount of litigation. Of course, the Full Article…
Q & A: The Trunk is in Their Yard, the Branches are in Yours, The New York Times
By Adam Leitman Bailey Q. I own a home that abuts property, owned by a railroad company, that has trees that are growing over my property and dropping large branches. When I contacted the company, I was told it does not clear branches from trees that grow over other owners’ property, but I could do Full Article…
Q & A: The Inquiring Mind- Renting Only to People with Paying Jobs, New York Housing Journal
By Adam Leitman Bailey Q. I want to adopt a policy of renting only to people who have paying jobs. Is this considered a violation of any fair housing laws?
The Most Influential Commercial Lease Cases in the Last Century that Every Drafter and Litigator Must Know, New York Real Property Law Journal
By Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman For almost two years, attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. have been compiling a list of the greatest commercial lease cases of all time. The authors have always been fans “greatest” lists—there being something special about choosing the best among so many great people, entertainers, athletes, composers, or, Full Article…
What You Must Know When Negotiating a Rooftop Antenna Contract, The Cooperator
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman As the trilogy of real estate values rising, building usage changing, and cellphone and Internet communications became universal, wireless telecommunications companies became popular defendants in the Commercial Part of New York’s Civil Court. Owners began examining their rooftop antenna agreements to determine means to terminate them. Many of Full Article…
Keeping Window Guard Notices, New York Apartment Law Insider
By Adam Leitman Bailey Q. I know that the city’s lead-based paint law requires me to keep the lead-based paint notices I get back from tenants for 10 years. But what about the window guard notices returned by tenants. Am I legally required to keep those returned window guard notices and, if so, for how Full Article…
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