Representing a Manhattan landlord at the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. obtained an order allowing the landlord to permanently decommission a residential rent-stabilized tenant’s fireplace in connection with the landlord’s construction of additional floors in the building. As a result of the landlord’s construction and the addition of several Full Article…
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Representing a Mitchell-Lama Cooperative, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Surrender of Multiple Apartments in Non-Primary Residence Cases
Cooperative apartment buildings in New York governed by Mitchell-Lama Rules are required to ensure residents’ compliance with the rules. Akin to rent stabilization and rent control laws, shareholders must primarily reside in the apartment and may not generally sublet their apartment. When suspecting rules violations, management investigates whether unauthorized occupants are present in the apartment Full Article…
Representing a Mitchell-Lama Cooperative, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Surrender of Multiple Apartments in Non-Primary Residence Cases
Cooperative apartment buildings in New York governed by Mitchell-Lama Rules are required to ensure residents’ compliance with the rules. Akin to rent stabilization and rent control laws, shareholders must primarily reside in the apartment and may not generally sublet their apartment. When suspecting rules violations, management investigates whether unauthorized occupants are present in the apartment Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Summary Judgment in Commercial Breach of Lease and Guaranty Action; Obtains $1.6M Judgment for Landlord
Representing a commercial landlord, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. successfully sued the tenant and guarantors for unpaid rent in Manhattan Supreme Court, winning a $1.6M monetary judgment, which included rent arrears accumulated before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tenant rented a prime location to operate a food market at a base rent of about $70,000.00 Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Restraining Order to Lock Out Violent Illegal Short-Term Rental Operators with New York Police Department Assistance
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. secured an emergency temporary restraining order for its landlord client before Christmas, obtaining permission from a Supreme Court Judge to change the locks and seal the doors to three apartments with New York Police Department (NYPD) assistance to keep out violent illegal short-term rental operators. First, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. secured a Full Article…
Overcoming Extremely Difficult Odds, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Agency Governing Rent Deregulation, DHCR, Protecting Default Order of High-Income High-Rent Deregulation, Deregulating Apartment
This case highlights the mantra of never-ever giving up, believing in the case, and continuing to fight for our client’s rights to deregulate a rent stabilized apartment despite five years of delays and obstacles in multiple courts and agency proceedings. Finally, at the State Supreme Court, justice prevailed for our landlord-client who never stopped believing Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Injunction Against Serial Illegal Short-Term Rental Operators
Representing a New York landlord, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. obtained an injunction in a Supreme Court ejectment action against a group of illegal short-term rental operators who commandeered multiple apartments in our client’s building. Several months ago, a group of straw tenants, led by their ringleader, submitted a series of fraudulent apartment applications, and obtained Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Summary Judgment in Post-Foreclosure Holdover Proceeding and Achieves Eviction
Representing the buyer of a foreclosed property in Queens, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. prosecuted a holdover proceeding during COVID, won summary judgment of possession, and achieved a marshal’s eviction in November 2021. The owner bought the property in 2019 pursuant to a referee’s deed in foreclosure and filed the eviction proceeding in early 2020 through Full Article…
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