The history of real property law is replete with litigation over how one property owner’s assertion of its rights to control and adapt their property impacts their neighbors. These cases usually involve damage to a neighboring property resulting from acts of so-called trespass—which might better be termed a nuisance—one of the most common being damage Full Article…
Lawful Source of Income Anti-Discrimination Laws as Applied to Rentals
Both New York State and New York City, as well as other municipalities within New York State, have laws on the books that prohibit discrimination by owners and managers of housing accommodations against prospective tenants based on the source of the tenants’ income. The New York State and New York City versions of these laws Full Article…
Real Estate Company Coup–The Ousted President Hired Adam Leitman Bailey to Restore Order and Regain His Managing Member Powers and Fight Off Investors Successfully
In early August 2023, Adam Leitman Bailey picked up a phone call from a prospective new client, the managing member of a real estate investment and development company. The potential client’s tale was most dire: “I have been kicked out of the company I started. They shut off my email. A letter has been sent out that Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Judgment of Possession and Writ of Assistance in Post-Foreclosure Supreme Court Ejectment Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. won an order and writ of assistance in the Queens County Supreme Court, directing the Sheriff to eject the home occupants after foreclosure, and to put our client into immediate and exclusive possession of the property. Representing the buyer of the private Queens home after the foreclosure sale, Adam Leitman Bailey, 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…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s Banking Department Ensures Client Success Despite Hurricane Complications
On September 1, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall in New York, heavily impacting the Tri-State area with devastating winds and rain. With up to 3.1 inches of rain in Central Park within just one hour, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency in New York City for the first time. Mayor Bill de Full Article…
In Erie County Action, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Holds Foreclosure Auction and Closes to Third-Party High Bidder
With the continuing COVID-19 legislation staying foreclosures during the pandemic, lenders are stalled in prosecuting its actions and are having even more difficulty completing an auction. In this Erie County post-judgment of foreclosure and sale action, immediately upon the issuance of the COVID-19 conference requirements, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. requested that the required conference be set and then diligently followed Full Article…