On June 14, 2019 the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) was enacted into law, making historically sweeping reforms to New York’s rent laws. Amongst these changes were the amendments to §7-108 of the General Obligations Law (“GOL”) contained in Part M of the HSTPA which took effect July 30, 2019. The new law Full Article…
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Motion For Default And Contempt, As Well As Oath Summons, Despite Eleventh Hour Retention
On a street in Harlem known worldwide for the performance and production of music, an upstart hometown music recording studio was embroiled in a dispute with its neighbor who complained the performance and production of his music was causing damages to his quality of life. The dispute heated up and litigation was commenced by the Full Article…
Developments in Loft Law Case Law and Legislation
Although the rights and laws of loft law owners are being debated in the halls of the legislature as we write, no field of law has seen a greater slowing in development than Loft Law landlord-tenant rights. However, that does not change the fact that there have been such developments, both legislatively and in the Full Article…
State Legislature Restores Rights of Private Cooperatives That Were Formally Prohibited Under the House Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019
On June 14, 2019, the Governor signed into law the most sweeping changes to landlord tenant laws of a generation. While tenant advocates saw this law as a major victory, landlords decried it as heavily destructive of the profitability of private land ownership. Particularly hard hit were landlords outside of New York City who had Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Dismissal Motion, Wins Summary Judgment in Commercial Non-Payment Proceedings during COVID-19
Representing a commercial landlord in two highly contested summary non-payment proceedings, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. defeated the tenant’s motions for summary judgment and dismissal and won summary judgment awarding the landlord possessory and monetary judgments. The cases involved two adjacent spaces on the ground floor of a commercial building located in the Port Morris area Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Finds COVID-19 Relief for Landlords Trying to Court New Tenants
One of the problems facing landlords throughout NYC is the rapidly rising vacancy rate because of COVID-19. In spite of the rent stabilization laws, landlords are now competing with each other to offer their tenants better and better deals just to keep them or to entice them to rent an apartment. With the amendments to 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…
Landlord Laws, Tenant Moratoriums; Where We Are Now
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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