Adam Leitman Bailey’s Blog
Adam Leitman Bailey’s Blog
Improving Rental Buildings’ Profitability Through Demolition
With the passage in June, 2019 of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA), owners are desperately seeking ways out of rent regulation in an attempt to [...]
Q&A: Subleasing a Co-op
Q. A co-op owner purchased her unit in 2005 and has been subleasing it to the same tenant since 2011. The co-op board recently passed an amendment to the bylaws that [...]
New Rules for Seeking Buyouts of Rent-Regulated Tenants
In their Rent Regulation column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss how recent changes to the New York City Administrative Code along with a recent decision in the Appellate Term, First Department, have made [...]
Rules Governing Anticipatory Repudiation of Contracts
In the practice of real estate law today, very few legal issues are getting as much attention and at the same time being applied incorrectly by practitioners as anticipatory repudiation [...]
New Rules of Substantial Rehabilitation to Remove Units from Rent Regulation Part II
Assuming the criterion that the building is substandard or deteriorated has been met, this means that it has conditions that are in violation of law. In New York City, this [...]
Selling a Tenant’s Personal Property After Eviction
When an owner evicts a tenant from an apartment, by the end of the process the tenant typically owes the owner some substantial sum of money. While these evictions are [...]
