In a New York County Supreme Court ejectment action, Adam Leitman Bailey P.C., prevailed on a motion for a temporary restraining order, then obtained an order of contempt against the non-complying occupants based on their illegal and dangerous use of a Class A apartment as a de facto single room occupancy dwelling and short-term rental Full Article…
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Post-Foreclosure Writ of Assistance
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by foreclosure lender (“Plaintiff”) to commence a foreclosure auction. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. prosecuted the action, secured a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, and auctioned the property. Plaintiff was the high bidder at the sale and the property reverted to Plaintiff by referee’s deed. Although Plaintiff took ownership of the property, the 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…
2017, The Year of Many New Landlord-Tenant Laws
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman June 12, 2018 Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss the many enactments related to harassment, bedbugs, and smoking, the first two of which expand tenants’ rights and the final one intended to constrict them. On Aug. 9, 2017 and in the ensuing months, becoming effective at scattered times over Full Article…
The New World of Prescriptive Easement Cases
By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio April 10, 2018 In their Land Use column, Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss how New York appellate courts determine whether or not a party is entitled to claim a prescriptive easement over another party’s land, and review a number of recent cases and claims. These Full Article…
When Should a Landlord Hire a Lawyer?
November 14, 2017 By Adam Leitman Bailey When 8.5 million people are living vertically in a city that’s only 22.7 square miles large, landlord–tenant battles and tenant versus tenant wars are a daily occurrence. All landlords should hire a lawyer when a tenant fails to pay rent, properly take care of the property, when any Full Article…
Defining the Limits Of Liquidated Damages Clauses
By: Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman December 31st, 2014 Real estate leases are, by their nature, bets the parties are placing on what the future may hold. Both landlord interests and tenant interests try to hedge their bets by inserting clauses to produce certain results in the event of an uncertain future. Chief among Full Article…
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