Due to recent changes to the New York City Administrative Code and a recent decision in the Appellate Term, First Department, landowners who seek to buy out the rights of tenants in occupancy face a minefield of requirements and restrictions. Done properly, the landowner can recapture the apartment for other uses and seriously increase the Full Article…
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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…
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 Full Article…
New Rules of Substantial Rehabilitation to Remove Units from Rent Regulation
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman December 11, 2018 In their Real Estate Trends column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss a pair of new decisions from the Appellate Term, First Department which have toughened the standards under which a landlord may claim a substantial rehabilitation exemption from rent stabilization, the effect 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…
‘Altman’ Alters Vacancy Deregulation
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman May 2, 2018 Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss the recent landmark Housing Court case ‘Altman v. 285 West Fourth LLC’ where the Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division, First Department and deregulated thousands of New York City apartments. On April 26, 2018, the Court of Full Article…
The Newest New York City Real Estate Laws That Property Owners and Occupants Must Know in 2018
January 16, 2018 By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman 2017 was an astounding year in New York City real estate. Especially on August 9, 2017, but to become effective at scattered times over the ensuing year, the City Council enacted numerous provisions falling into three distinct areas: general property owner/landlord and shareholder/unit owner/tenant relations, Full Article…
How to Navigate HPDʼs Alternative Enforcement Program
November 1, 2017 By Massimo F. D’Angelo The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”), touts its Alternative Enforcement Program (“AEP”), which was established in 2007, as one of the City’s “most effective enforcement tools for addressing distressed properties.” In theory, AEP’s fundamental purpose is to combat the City’s urban blight by forcing Full Article…
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