Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss the handicap laws that boards must follow and their obligations to proved disabled parking spaces.
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Certifying Professionals May Be Subject to Lawsuits, New York Law Journal
By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio Assured Guaranty1 and Kerusa2 decisions, the New York Court of Appeals has made it clear that preemption is no longer an issue in private securities and real estate syndication cases where plaintiffs allege common law causes of action that overlap possible violations that only the attorney general Full Article…
Rent Stabilization Constitutional? Not Now
By: Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman March 20th, 2012 When looking at Rent Stabilization from a constitutional point of view, two facts clearly emerge. First, as forty-year-old emergency legislation, it is clearly unconstitutional. Second, no judge subject to reelection or reappointment is going to agree with the first point. Thus, if anyone seeks to Full Article…
Adverse Possession in a Post- ‘Walling’ World
By: Adam Leitman Bailey & John M. Desiderio October 12th, 2011 In a prior article, which reviewed adverse possession cases decided by New York courts in the two years following the 2008 amendments to Article 5 of the Real Property and Proceedings Law (RPAPL), the authors noted that “during this period of transition, the courts Full Article…
Adverse Possession: Veto Confirmed Existing Law on ‘Claim of Right’
By: Adam Leitman Bailey & John M. Desiderio September 12th, 2007 This past session, the New York State Legislature passed a bill1 that would have effectively eliminated the doctrine of adverse possession as we know it today. However, on Aug. 28, Governor Spitzer vetoed the bill noting the “radical impact” it would have had on Full Article…
Defining When “Time is of the Essence”
By: Adam Leitman Bailey & John M. Desiderio May 9th, 2007 The Court of Appeals has recently reemphasized, for sellers’ attorneys, the importance of drafting clear and unequivocal “time of the essence” clauses in those real estate contracts where circumstances justify conditioning the sale upon the buyer’s timely performance of one or more stated conditions. Full Article…
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