SHAREHOLDERS’ DEMAND FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION New York City’s extreme density, especially in Manhattan, can yield high-stakes battles for even small spaces. When disputes about such spaces can’t easily be consensually resolved, legal “street fights” often rapidly blossom, generating expedited proceedings. Successfully navigating those circumstances invokes an aphorism by British politician Charles Buxton: “In life, as Full Article…
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No Time to Waste: Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Expeditiously Stops Condominium Board From Forcing Impermissible Conditions Upon Right of First Refusal Waiver’s Issuance
French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir famously remarked “[t]here is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.” That maxim is particularly resonant in the intense world of real estate disputes, especially when a condominium or coop’s board of managers engages in obstructionist behavior that, if not swiftly addressed, can quickly decimate a high-value sale. A recent engagement handled by Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s senior litigation team demonstrates how the firm’s ability to deploy Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Successfully Restores Shareholder’s Children To Possession Following Her Tragic Death In Illegal Lockout Proceeding
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to restore the adult biological children of a deceased shareholder to possession of her Upper West Side Apartment following her sudden tragic death in Florida. Both sister and brother had resided in the apartment with their mother in the months preceding her passing as they strived to establish careers Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possessory Judgment in Ejectment Action Based Upon Fraudulent Conspiracy
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was able to obtain a possessory judgment against two defendants in an ejectment action involving a widespread fraudulent conspiracy with respect to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) the Plaintiff Building was partaking in. The Building was developed and financed in order to comply with a Real Estate tax-exemption Full Article…
Developments in Loft Law Case Law and Legislation
Although the rights and laws of loft law owners are being debated in the halls of the legislature as we write, no field of law has seen a greater slowing in development than Loft Law landlord-tenant rights. However, that does not change the fact that there have been such developments, both legislatively and in the Full Article…
‘Real Estate Titles: The Practice Of Real Estate Law’ Webinar Hosted by Co-Editor in Chief Adam Leitman Bailey, Now Available Online
Unlock all of the ‘ins and outs’ of real estate law, produced, reviewed, and edited by an all-star collective of real estate lawyers. Real Estate Titles is an encyclopedia of real estate law expertise that is regarded as the most useful instrument in any practitioner and judges tool belt. It gives in-depth information about real Full Article…
The “Irreparable Harm” Conundrum in Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction
Situations arise every day requiring attorneys to commence an action seeking court intervention to obtain immediate provisional relief, “respecting the subject of the action,” to protect a client against actions, in violation of the client’s rights, by a person, who is either threatening, about to do, doing, or procuring or suffering to be done, actions, 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…
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