The First Rent Stabilization Overhaul in 14 Years

By: Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman April 23rd, 2014 On January 8, 2014, the DHCR issued the first amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code in some 14 years. The amendments, 27 of them, are a mixed bag of mere codification of judicial decisions, moving DHCR office practices actually into the Rent Stabilization Code, technical  Full Article…

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Deciding Whether to Amend Old Registrations

By: Dov Treiman March 29th, 2014 The recent amendments to the Rent Stabilization Code (RSC) have complicated an owner’s decision whether to amend old rent registrations. Here are a few new factors owners now have to consider: Will I have to start a DHCR proceeding? Under the recent RSC amendments, the automatic right to amend  Full Article…

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The 15 Most Fascinating New York Real Estate Cases of the 21st Century

By: Daniel Geiger August 8th, 2012 The Case of the Loophole & The Greek Shipping Magnate Other than the J-51 lawsuit that upended Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, perhaps no other case demonstrates how the city’s real estate market can hinge so seismically on legal technicality. In 2008, the economy collapsed into a deep  Full Article…

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Q & A: Lender Says No to Co-op Sublet

By: Jay Romano February 2nd, 2012 Q. I want to sublet my co-op apartment in Chelsea, and I know that paperwork must be submitted to the management company to get approval of my subtenant. The co-op board also requires a letter from the bank stating that it approves. But the bank said it would allow a  Full Article…

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Revenue or Reduction

By: Liz Lent January 1st, 2012 Budgeting is never easy, not for a family of four and certainly not for a co-op or condo community of hundreds or thousands of residents. That fact is made all the more difficult by the lingering effects of the recession, which continues to wreak havoc with our confidence as  Full Article…

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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Claim of Adverse Possession for Title Company

In McMillan v. Village Plaza Homes, Inc., et. al., Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. won a Decision and Order granting summary judgment in favor of the insureds, in defeating Plaintiff’s claim of title by adverse possession to an eleven inch strip of land on the southerly boundary line of the insureds’ property in Queens County, New York.  Full Article…

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Litigating Against the New Transient Use Statute: The First Trials

As Environmental Control Board litigators, we know that every day is a new battle and we can never predict the result of a case, no matter how good the facts may be.  And then of course, there’s the old saying that no one beats City Hall. Well, for us, we had to go higher and  Full Article…

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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Fraud Claim; Protects CitiMortgage as a Secured Lender

In defending the interests of CitiMortgage, Inc. and MERS before the Honorable Arthur M. Schack, J.S.C. in a New York Supreme Court, Kings County, deed forgery case, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. negotiated and procured a so-ordered agreement declaring CitiMortgage’s mortgage to be a valid lien secured by a property in Brooklyn, despite allegations of a  Full Article…

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