By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio At the pinnacle of real estate law, the real estate closing may be the most basic and common real estate experience, but the familiarity ends once a provision of the contract of sale has been breached. Inspired by the number of telephone calls, e-mails, and general correspondence Full Article…
Q & A: When Access to Utilities Is Limited
By JAY ROMANO Published: June 8, 2003 Q. I rent the second-floor apartment of a two-family house. Both apartments are rented and the landlord lives out of state and has no registered agent for the property. The gas and electric meters, together with the electrical panels for both apartments, are on a side of the Full Article…
Can Co-ops Allow Roommates?
Can Co-ops Allow Roommates? Q:I live in a self-managed co-op and we are getting conflicting information about whether co-ops can disallow roommates or not. We’ve heard that the board of directors has absolute decision making power over whether or not to allow roommates to move into a co-op. Others say it should be voted on Full Article…
Q & A: Dealing with Deadbeats, The New York Times
By Adam Leitman Bailey Q. I am the president of a 29-unit condo near Pennsylvania Station. The owners of one apartment have not paid their common charges for five years. They refuse to respond to any correspondence we send. The apartment is rented to tenants who claim they have no contact with the owners; they Full Article…
The Most Influential Commercial Lease Cases in the Last Century that Every Drafter and Litigator Must Know, New York Real Property Law Journal
By Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman For almost two years, attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. have been compiling a list of the greatest commercial lease cases of all time. The authors have always been fans “greatest” lists—there being something special about choosing the best among so many great people, entertainers, athletes, composers, or, Full Article…
Q & A: When Maintenance Is Long in Arrears, The New York Times
By Dov Treiman Q. I was fascinated by the response to a question in this column on Jan. 15, about the circumstances under which elderly tenants can break a lease. In our co-op in Queens there has been an ongoing dispute between the board and the son of a shareholder who is in a nursing Full Article…
Q & A: Who Pays for Water Leak?
Q. I own a cooperative apartment in Brooklyn and I’m hoping you could offer an opinion on a plumbing issue. In my bathroom I have two water valves protruding from the wall that control the hot and cold water flow to the sink and the tub. The problem is when I close the hot water Full Article…