By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman The Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. landlord-tenant attorneys have been navigating the constant flow of changing laws and Executive Orders under COVID19 to serve tenants with notices and bring tenants to court, getting landlords their rents in spite of the eviction moratoriums. These moratoriums, in one form or another, Full Article…
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About Dov Treiman
Mr. Treiman chairs the Landlord-Tenant Civil Litigation Practice and is a partner at the firm. As one of the leading authorities in the landlord-tenant bar, Mr. Treiman’s drafting of appellate briefs, legal documents and motions has increased the ability of the firm to garner better results for its clients.
Mr. Treiman was involved in private practice for fifteen years before devoting his principal time to the collecting, editing, writing, and publishing of scholarly research materials in landlord-tenant law. His writings include numerous articles in the New York Law Journal and many articles in the Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter.
Mr. Treiman was the Founding Editor and Contributor of a great many articles to Landlord Tenant Monthly (4 volumes); Editor and Commentator, The Housing Court Reporter (24 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman’s Commentaries (3 volumes); Editor, The Housing Court Reporter Chronological Annotator (3 volumes); Editor, The Housing Court Reporter Plaintiff-Defendant Tables (2 volumes); Editor, The Housing Court Reporter Digest (7 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman’s New York Landlord Tenant Statutes Annotated (3 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman’s Rent Stabilization Code Annotated (3 volumes); Editor and Author, Treiman’s Trial Manual; Editor and Principal Author, Treiman’s Encyclopedia and Dictionary (2 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman’s Leading Cases (2 volumes); Editor, Public Documents of the DHCR; Editor, The Loft Board Reporter (18 volumes); Editor, The New York City Administrative Law Reporter (3 volumes); Editor, Landlord Tenant Appellate Reporter (7 volumes).
Of these, undoubtedly, the most important is the Housing Court Reporter, the standard work used by all the New York City courts and all quality practitioners of landlord-tenant law to search through some 50,000 cases for applicable precedents for appellate briefs, legal documents and motions.
Mr. Treiman was also commissioned by the State of New York to produce special editions of several of these works for their use in chambers by each of the 51 Housing Judges.
An Update On Suing For Rent
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman Since the Covid-19 crisis hit, there has been a series of directives from the New York State Governor, the Chief Administrative Judge of the New York Courts, and the New York State Legislature. These mutually contradictory proclamations have taken the already complex procedures for suing for rent (made Full Article…
City Council’s Relief for COVID Afflicted Guarantors
On May 27, 2020, the New York City Council enacted Int. 1932/2020 into law, an ordinance that is “in relation to personal liability provisions of leases for commercial tenants impacted by COVID-19.” As to rent and other financial obligations that arose from March 7, 2020 through September 30, 2020 (“the Covid period”), landlords may never Full Article…
Preparing Practitioners for the Next Disasters
By Adam Leitman Bailey, Dov Treiman and John Desiderio This article gives practical advice to lawyers to help their business clients and building owner clients best prepare for the effects of catastrophic disasters, natural and man-made. Introduction In the United States of America, the number of natural disasters has gradually increased. Most of the costliest Full Article…
Deregulation Under The New Rent Laws
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman* October 8th, 2019 Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss the “Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019,” signed into law by the governor on June 14, which sent New York landlords “reeling.” On June 14, 2019, the governor signed into law Chapter 36 of the laws Full Article…
Q & A: Breaking a Lease Over Unlivability
By JAY ROMANO November 9th, 2012 Q I rent an apartment in a building heavily affected by the hurricane — there was no power for several days, and the management is citing extensive damage to the elevators and heating system, and cannot give any reasonable estimate as to when the building will be fit for occupancy. My Full Article…
The Current State of Attorneys Fees
By Dov Treiman A recent decision of the Appellate Division, First Department, Krodel v. Amalgamated Dwellings, Inc., 166 A.D.3d 412, 88 N.Y.S.3d 31 (2018) inspires us to reexamine New York’s doctrine about recovering attorneys fees in litigation. Krodel itself explores a corner of the “American Rule” that holds that one cannot recover attorneys fees from an adversary in Full Article…
Court of Appeals to Decide Two Cases With Major Landlord-Tenant Implications
By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman February 19, 2019 Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss “Collazo v. Netherland Property Assets” and “Maddicks v. Big City Properties” — two cases which outcomes may signal “potentially enormous changes in how practitioners will practice landlord-tenant law.” In front of the Court of Appeals are two cases which outcomes Full Article…
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