Adam Leitman Bailey’s Blog
Adam Leitman Bailey’s Blog
East Side Story: The Made-For-Hollywood Tale of a 16-Year Legal Tussle to Help a Dedicated Band of Manhattan “Homesteaders” Take Ownership of the Building They Had Moved Into And Begun to Rehab
Last year, Ramin Bahrani, one of my clients, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. For his previous movie, 99 Homes (2015), I had helped script the [...]
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 [...]
A New Yorker’s guide to fighting a foreclosure: 5 defenses that could save your home
If you receive a foreclosure notice on your New York City condo or house, whatever you do, don’t ignore it. Despite the severe tone of the papers being served, foreclosure [...]
Our board is getting a lot of noise complaints from residents. How should we respond?
“Increasing numbers of New Yorkers are dealing with noise issues in their apartments because so many people are working or doing schooling from home,” says Steven Wagner, a real estate [...]
My fiancé and I own a co-op but now we’re separating. How do we divide it fairly?
MY FIANCÉ AND I BOUGHT A CO-OP TOGETHER AND NOW WE ARE SEPARATING. HOW CAN WE DIVIDE UP OUR APARTMENT FAIRLY? “The dissolution of a relationship is a very emotional [...]
I was threatened with eviction for renting out my co-op on Airbnb. What can I do?
I’M BEING THREATENED WITH EVICTION FOR RENTING OUT MY NEW YORK CITY CO-OP ON AIRBNB. WHAT CAN I DO? Co-ops take complaints about short-term Airbnb rentals very seriously because they [...]