The Firm’s client is the operator of popular self-service storage facilities in Manhattan. After Plaintiff fell into arrears in the payment of her monthly storage fees, our client conducted a sale of the personal property maintained in plaintiff’s storage locker, as authorized by the New York Lien Law. Plaintiff sued to challenge the sale. In Full Article…
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Manhattan Newly Constructed Condominium Takes Over Sponsor Controlled Board and Receives $450k + Apartment + Significant Construction Work without Judicial Intervention
The unit owners of a 24 unit luxury new construction condominium in Manhattan hired Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. after the unit owners’ complaints and concerns about construction defects were ignored by the sponsor-controlled Board, and demands by the unit owners to the sponsor that the sponsor turn over control of the Board to the residents Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Prevails as Second Circuit Upholds Title of Developer That Acquired Property Sold in H.U.D. Auction
Second Circuit Affirms Ruling Where Foreclosure Is Limited to Bidders to Governmental Entities, Local housing fund development corporations (HFDCs) and Lien holders. The U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the right of a municipal/private development partnership to acquire a low-income apartment complex from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Full Article…
Getting a Brokerage Commission Paid
By: Adam Leitman Bailey & Jeffrey R. Metz February 20th, 2013 Brokers who deal with commercial properties are increasingly being denied their duly earned commissions. Given the multi-million transactions that are often involved in the world of commercial real estate in New York City, these commissions can be considerable and worth fighting over. Many of Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Landmark Case and Makes New Law in Unsealing Court Settlements
A unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, upheld a lower court’s decision to unseal settlement documents stemming from the 2008 collapse of a construction crane that killed seven people. The panel ruled in Squeri v. East 51st Street Development, 117452/08, that Manhattan Justice Carol Edmead properly exercised her discretion when she unsealed the documents Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Assists Major Corporation to Settle Substantial ECB Violation Fine Arrears
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. has assisted a major national corporation, with operations and locations throughout New York City, to settle a multi-million dollar backlog of fines and violations issued by the New York City Environmental Control Board (ECB) for violations of the regulations of eight separate City departments. The settlements encompassed over 5,000 individual violations Full Article…
Appeals Court OKs Lifting Seal on Turtle Bay Crane Collapse Wrongful Death Settlements
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. wins a landmark case on whether court settlements can be sealed. Defendants in this deadly crane collapse had settled with Labor Law death plaintiffs from the available pool of insurance. They refused to disclose settlement amounts based on a prior Order that settlements would remain confidential until all Labor Law death Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Rescues Major Publicly Traded Company From Eviction
A major publicly traded company holding numerous New York properties came to ALBPC with a dilemma. Its landlord at a building in a major up and coming neighborhood alleged that the company had been neglecting the rental property for decades. As a result, the landlord was declaring forfeiture of the right to rent the property Full Article…
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