By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman Two State laws make a tenant’s illegal use of rented premises a matter of considerable concern to owners. One law empowers local prosecutors to bring eviction proceedings against both the illegally operating tenant and the premises’ owner; the other makes the owner as liable as the tenant for Full Article…
Profile of the Week Metz aiming for All-Star status at growing law firm Real Estate Weekly, Jan 28, 2009 by Daniel Geiger Jeffrey Metz, a well-known real estate lawyer has joined the law firm Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Metz had previously worked in the appeals bureau of the firm Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins and Goidel, Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss the handicap laws that boards must follow and their obligations to proved disabled parking spaces.
By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio Too many tenants’ businesses have suffered severe financial consequences or lost leases as a result of poorly drafted provisions. Therefore, it is imperative that tenants negotiate better commercial leases in order to protect their interests. The suggestions in this article provide proposed remedies for a few of Full Article…
By: Jay Romano October 20th, 2009 Q: Is there a New York City law that a co-op building must have a specific number of units to necessitate a live-in superintendent? A: Dov Treiman, a Manhattan real estate lawyer, said that under the New York City Administrative Code, any building with nine or more units must Full Article…
By: Adam Leitman Bailey & Dov Treiman March 14th, 2007 Landlords subjected to Housing Part proceedings1 to enforce building codes, where compliance will cause severe economic distress, may attempt to defend themselves by raising the so-called “economic infeasibility” defense, the essence of which is that the cost of correcting the cited code violations is likely Full Article…
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…
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