When Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client came for help, it was faced with a tenant who had illegally AirBnB’d his apartment to someone believed to be dealing drugs from the apartment with no intent ever to leave. The tenant of record having returned home to Spain, there was no pressure to apply to him and Full Article…
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Complete Agreement Between Landlord, Commercial Tenant, and Landlord Shareholders to Resolve Dispute Over Lease Renewal and Negotiation of a New Rent Schedule
In 2017, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was approached by the President of a Landlord close corporation, whose shareholders (including the president) are all cousins, to assist in negotiating a new lease with the present Tenant of an 18 story building in mid-Manhattan, whose management had missed the deadline for exercising the Tenant’s right to renew Full Article…
Buyouts, Evictions, Negotiations, and Detective Work Lead to the Ground Work to Build a Large Condominium
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. spent almost a year and a half buying-out tenants and evicting tenants who had violated their lease agreement for a large rent-regulated building site in Brooklyn. These tenants’ violations included illegally subletting, not using their premises as their primary residences, or chronically paying their rent late. The property owner’s goal was Full Article…
Bet The Skyscraper Negotiation
Between Covid-19 and the government’s shut down of the City of New York and its real estate, the disaster that hit New York had never been replicated before. For the skyscraper that is the subject of this case study, almost 50 percent of the commercial tenants stopped paying rent or completely moved out of the Full Article…
How to evict commercial tenants in 2021 despite the moratorium
By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio This article addresses and updates the law 15 years later on the self-help remedy that enables commercial landlords to regain possession of leased premises from tenants in material breach of one or more lease covenants. As demonstrated below, courts continue to enforce its proper use, as it Full Article…
Post-Lease Expiration Nonpayment Proceedings
In their Housing Litigation Column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman write: As a general rule of thumb, when there is a definitive appellate pronouncement on a principle of law in one judicial department and the other departments are silent, the other departments will follow the departments who have spoken to the issue. However, this Full Article…
Commercial Tenant Harassment in New York City—Questionable Medicine
October 25th, 2016 By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman Effective September 26, 2016, New York City adopted an ordinance giving commercial tenants a cause of action against their landlords for “harassment.” Clearly modeled on a similar law adopted in favor of residential tenants some few years ago, the authors of this bill may not Full Article…
Seven Secrets to Drafting An Effective Commercial Lease Default Lease
An effective commercial lease will dictate the future relationship between a commercial landlord and tenant. The more clauses forcing the commercial tenant to comply with its obligations, the better chance the landlord will have in not only have a successful relationship but also ensuring that the rent is paid and the tenant behaves. Below are Full Article…
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