Adam Leitman Bailey is one of New York City’s preeminent attorneys and entrepreneurs. His name has become all but synonymous with some of the most recognizable and influential real estate law cases of the new millennium. Take, for example, the Ground Zero Mosque case, wherein Bailey’s compelling arguments reminded the nation of the constitutional right Full Article…
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Recent Changes to Co-op & Condo Laws
By Adam Leitman Bailey October 25, 2019 This past June, the New York State Legislature and Governor enacted into law a sweeping overhaul of landlord-tenant relations throughout the State; just a few days later, these same powers enacted amendments to those amendments. While relatively few of the 74 pages of densely-written text directly affect cooperatives Full Article…
Deregulation Under The New Rent Laws
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman* October 8th, 2019 Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss the “Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019,” signed into law by the governor on June 14, which sent New York landlords “reeling.” On June 14, 2019, the governor signed into law Chapter 36 of the laws Full Article…
Selling a Tenant’s Personal Property After Eviction
When an owner evicts a tenant from an apartment, by the end of the process the tenant typically owes the owner some substantial sum of money. While these evictions are usually in the context either of a nonpayment proceeding or a holdover proceeding prosecuted in the New York City Civil Court, such prosecutions do not Full Article…
New Rules of Substantial Rehabilitation to Remove Units from Rent Regulation Part II
By Adam Leitman Bailey Assuming the criterion that the building is substandard or deteriorated has been met, this means that it has conditions that are in violation of law. In New York City, this creates an automatic right by the landlord to have access to the apartment for purposes of curing these violations, that is, to Full Article…
Court of Appeals to Decide Two Cases With Major Landlord-Tenant Implications
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman February 19, 2019 Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss “Collazo v. Netherland Property Assets” and “Maddicks v. Big City Properties” — two cases which outcomes may signal “potentially enormous changes in how practitioners will practice landlord-tenant law.” In front of the Court of Appeals are two cases which outcomes Full Article…
The New Rules of Seeking a Buyout of a Rent-Regulated Tenant
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman January 29, 2019 The New Rules of Seeking a Buyout of a Rent-Regulated Tenant In their Rent Regulation column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss how recent changes to the New York City Administrative Code along with a recent decision in the Appellate Term, First Department, have Full Article…
Selling a Tenant’s Personal Property After Eviction
By Adam Leitman Bailey January 8th, 2018 When an owner evicts a tenant from an apartment, by the end of the process the tenant typically owes the owner some substantial sum of money. While these evictions are usually in the context either of a nonpayment proceeding or a holdover proceeding prosecuted in the New York Full Article…
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