On June 14, 2019 the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) was enacted into law, making historically sweeping reforms to New York’s rent laws. Amongst these changes were the amendments to §7-108 of the General Obligations Law (“GOL”) contained in Part M of the HSTPA which took effect July 30, 2019. The new law Full Article…
Co-ops Are Exempted From The 2019 Housing Stability Tenant Protection Act
As many know, on June 14, 2019, then Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a massive overhaul of landlord-tenant laws throughout the State of New York, known as The Housing Stability Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA). Among other things, these new laws made rent regulation – rent control, rent stabilization, and the Emergency Tenant Protection Act Full Article…
Senate Bill S885: Notice to Tenants in Foreclosure Actions
Senate Bill S885, a chapter amendment to the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law § 1305, was recently signed into law by the Governor. This bill was enacted to protect tenants in foreclosure actions by permitting tenants who did not occupy the premises at the commencement of a foreclosure action to remain in occupancy for the Full Article…
Eviction Moratorium No Obstacle For Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Against A Would-Be Tenant Who Never Paid Rent, Ever
If a landlord peruses the New York real estate headlines today, she might come away thinking that it is absolutely impossible to obtain an eviction of a tenant in the aftermath of the outbreak of COVID-19 and the continuing moratorium on evictions throughout the state of New York. With record growth in job production, new Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Motion For Default And Contempt, As Well As Oath Summons, Despite Eleventh Hour Retention
On a street in Harlem known worldwide for the performance and production of music, an upstart hometown music recording studio was embroiled in a dispute with its neighbor who complained the performance and production of his music was causing damages to his quality of life. The dispute heated up and litigation was commenced by the Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Gets Back Terrace Space Belonging to Client
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by the unit owner of a new construction condominium in upper Manhattan in connection with a dispute concerning the size of the unit owner’s terrace. In particular, the amount of “as built” terrace area owned by our client was approximately 85 square feet (SF) larger than the area that Full Article…
In an Unprecedented Decision, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats an Easement Claim by Summary Judgment
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a long-established Bronx construction company related to one of the few remaining privately owned streets in New York. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client was sued by its neighbor who claimed an easement over the roadbed owned by Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client. The neighbor, who resided on the Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats the Department of Homeless Services, Project Renewal and Prevents a Homeless Shelter From Moving In
All over New York City, the Department of Homeless Services has been placing homeless shelters, particularly in the City’s most affluent neighborhoods. Front page articles went on for months discussing these homeless shelters, the prostitution and drug use and trafficking that come along with such shelters, as well as the incompetency of the services provided to Full Article…