In 2022, the New York State Legislature enacted the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA), thereby amending several interrelated provisions of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), the Real Property [...]

A review of some of the most noteworthy landlord-tenant related legislation of 2023 and early 2024 involving criminal background checks, stopping short-term tenancies, flood histories and rent regulation. While readers [...]

When common-charge arrears keep piling up with no end in sight, condo boards typically make a motion to foreclose and then another to evict. But there’s a workaround you may [...]

On June 20, 2023, The New York legislature passed a bill called the LLC Transparency Act which would require the beneficial owners of limited liability companies (“LLC”) to disclose their [...]

Effective June 21, 2023, New York State Real Property Law (Section 231-B) has been amended to require landlords to disclose specific information regarding flood risk and history directly through their [...]

In cases where building management and the unit owner disagree on who bears responsibility for making the repairs and/or who bears the repair costs, the attorney’s role, whether in representing [...]