In a matter where taking too aggressive a position can backfire, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. obtained an affirmance before the Appellate Division of an order of the trial court, which stayed the prosecution of a plenary action a landlord brought against its tenant, pending the resolution of the holdover proceeding the landlord had previously commenced. 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 Establishes that Plaintiff Lacked Standing in A Prior Foreclosure Action in Order to Defeat Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Statute of Limitations in a Pending Foreclosure Action
In a highly contested foreclosure action, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to step in as counsel for the new purchaser of the note and mortgage being foreclosed. The record owner Defendant moved to dismiss the action arguing that the loan was time barred by the six-year statute of limitations due to a prior action Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Repeatedly Wins Access for Emergency Repairs
A major client of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. has had to endure damage to its building arising from the construction work of a large neighboring Manhattan institution. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. persuaded the institution to fund the repairs and the legal work entailed in keeping the client’s building safe. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. got the Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Is Awarded Summary Judgment Dismissing Tenants’ Affirmative Defenses As Meritless and Ordering Immediate Access for Window Installation
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by the owner of a building in West Harlem comprised of approximately 1,193 Class A apartments on a single footprint spanning over five towers. Due to the fact that all of the residential windows were more than forty-five years old, beyond their useful life, and increasingly costly to repair and 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…
Now Could be a Good Time to Refinance
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s banking department has been busy serving both our lender and borrower clients with refinancing and purchase closings consisting of rates downward of 3%. This drop in mortgage rates was a tremendous help to both homeowners who needed to lower their interest rates and purchaser’s Full Article…
Miracle Lawyering, Strategizing And A Bit Of Luck Allows Client To Buy Dream Home After It Being In Probate And No Contract Signed While Being Sued By Purchaser of Existing Home For Damages, Breach of contract And Failing To Close
The client came to Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. in an impossible situation. The client’s wife was 7th months pregnant during the height of COVID. She was not moving and the client’s dream home was not only not for sale but in probate without any indication as to who had the authority to sell. To make Full Article…