Local Law 107 was recently enacted to prohibit owners of commercial spaces from knowingly leasing to unlicensed sellers of marijuana or tobacco products, and imposing fines of up to $10,000 on landlords for violations. This new legislation is in response to the explosion of unlicensed smoke shops in NYC – currently there are an estimated Full Article…
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Received a Rare Injunction in the State Supreme Court Stopping the Foreclosure Auction of Units and Forcing the Sponsor to Abide by the Settlement Agreement Disowned When Defaulting on Mortgage Ensuring Millions, Resident’s Unit, and Parking Spaces go to Condominium
In 2018, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a group of unit owners at a new construction condominium in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The new building was advertised as a luxury condominium, and encompassed an entire block, with over 200 units consisting of one to three-bedroom units, duplexes, lofts, penthouses, and townhomes. On paper, the building Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, PC Wins Summary Judgment and Dismissal of Retaliatory Eviction Defense in Holdover Proceeding
The tenants of record vacated a free market apartment in New York City, but left an occupant behind who refused to leave. The landlord turned to Adam Leitman Bailey, PC for help. We served a notice to quit and commenced a holdover proceeding. Receiving advice to stall the case, the occupant filed an ERAP application, Full Article…
How To Run a Board Meeting
Adam Leitman Bailey explains how using Robert’s Rules of Order can assist with effective and productive board meetings in real estate matters. “The holding of assemblies of the elders, fighting men, or people of a tribe, community, or city to make decisions or render opinion on important matters is doubtless a custom older than history,” 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 Dismissal of an Appeal Challenging the Entry of a Judgment Quieting Title
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a property owner who obtained quiet title to a contested property to defend against an appeal brought by the common-law wife of the deceased owner. The judgment was granted in favor of the client due to a series of defaults committed by the wife, including failing to oppose Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Dismissal Motion In Problematic Foreclosure Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a Lender to take over a disastrous 7-year-old foreclosure action that was already plagued with an order tolling interest to the detriment of the Lender for prior delays in the action. Defendants moved to dismiss the action pursuant to CPLR § 3215(c) for the Lender failing to take Full Article…
Developments in Loft Law Case Law and Legislation
Although the rights and laws of loft law owners are being debated in the halls of the legislature as we write, no field of law has seen a greater slowing in development than Loft Law landlord-tenant rights. However, that does not change the fact that there have been such developments, both legislatively and in the Full Article…
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