By Adam Leitman Bailey When you buy a newly constructed property, your hope is to live in a home with the most technologically advanced electrical and ventilation systems, the latest appliances, the best fixtures, and perfect plumbing. You also want the advantage of owning brand-new big –ticket items such as the boiler and roof. The Full Article…
Adam Bailey Gives Advice on Pet Policy in Habitat Magazine’s 2002 Attorney Survey, Habitat Magazine
ADVICE ON PET POLICY This has been an active and exciting year to be rendering cooperatives legal advice. The second highest court in the land gave incredible deference to cooperative boards by determining that the courts are prohibited from inquiring into actions of corporate directors taken in good faith and in the exercise of honest Full Article…
Lawyers: You CAN Recover Cash When Condo Sponsors Underfund Reserves
Rainy Day Money – Condo Style Reserve Fund Obligations By: Adam Lietman Bailey July 1st, 2011 Do you live in a condominium conversion? Are your reserves underfunded? As a condo board you may be able to recover millions of dollars from your sponsor. Sponsors of condo conversions really have only one material obligation: to provide Full Article…
Despite Absence, Son Earns Succession Rights Succession Rights
By Daniel J. Curtin, Jr., Esq. Despite Absence, Son Earns Succession Rights Succession Rights H.P.D Frances Lippa, A.H.O. When the tenant of the Mitchell-Lama apartment in question died on August 6, 2003, the deceased tenant’s son sought succession rights to the apartment and had to prove that the apartment in question was his primary residence Full Article…
Wrong Landlord Cited
Issue Date: June 2004, Posted On: 6/1/2004 Wrong Landlord Cited Frant Hotel LLC: ECB Viol. Nos. 34388519L, 34388484K & 34384806X (5/5/04) [2-pg. doc.] (Decision submitted by Manhattan attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, who represented the landlord.) DOB issued three violation notices on landlord’s building. The notices were addressed to prior landlord of the building. Current landlord Full Article…
Permit Not Required for Container
IssueDate:November2002, Posted On: 11/1/2002 Permit Not Required for Container Erica Lee Corp.: Viol. No. 109819454 (7/6/00) [1-pg. doc.] (Decision submitted by Adam Leitman Bailey of the Manhattan law firm of Adam Leitman Bailey, PC, attorneys for the landlord.) DOS issued a violation notice to landlord for not posting a permit for a 30-yard container. Landlord Full Article…