Adam Leitman Bailey

October 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss “Pay-if-Paid” clauses in construction contracts and write: “Like many jurisdictions across the United States, New York outlaws Pay-If-Paid clauses, but, in New York's case, only indirectly.”

By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman

12 minute read

June 12, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss the many enactments related to harassment, bedbugs, and smoking, the first two of which expand tenants' rights and the final one intended to constrict them.

By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman

1 minute read

May 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss the recent landmark Housing Court case 'Altman v. 285 West Fourth LLC" where the Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division, First Department and deregulated thousands of New York City apartments.

By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman

8 minute read

April 10, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Land Use column, Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss how New York appellate courts determine whether or not a party is entitled to claim a prescriptive easement over another party's land, and review a number of recent cases and claims.

By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio

14 minute read

February 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Adam Leitman Bailey John Desiderio and Joanna Peck discuss practical considerations for parties to consider when negotiating §881 licensing agreements, noting that although §881 was once described as a “little-used law” it is now required reading for all attorneys with developer clients seeking to build in New York City.

By Adam Leitman Bailey, John M. Desiderio, and Joanna Peck

18 minute read

January 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio review the authority given to boards of condominiums and cooperative corporations to impose and enforce fines respectively on condo unit owners and cooperative shareholder-tenants who violate building house rules.

By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio

14 minute read

December 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss a split among the First and Second Department Appellate Divisions on their interpretations of a common clause in proprietary leases for cooperative apartments relating to whether a proprietary lessee must live in the apartment simultaneously with a close family member for the family member's occupancy to be legal under the proprietary lease.

By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman

10 minute read

October 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman discuss how, with homeless populations continuing to swell and charitable organizations looking to help house them, a thorough understanding of the applicable principles of rent stabilization is becoming increasingly essential. They discuss the recent decision of the Appellate Term, First Department in '2363 ACP Pineapple v. Iris House,' which they find highlights practitioners' misunderstanding of the theoretical issues involved.

By By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov Treiman

12 minute read

August 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Real Estate Contracts column, Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio discuss when emails will be deemed a real estate contract and how to prevent or create such a binding contract.

By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio

13 minute read

June 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Housing Litigation column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov A. Treiman discuss 'Rivera v. HPD,' a decision "stronger on emotion than analysis" where the Court of Appeals "eliminated a building owner's path to determining the validity of liens placed against its building in relocating the building's tenants when the building became the subject of vacate order."

By Adam Leitman Bailey and Dov A. Treiman

12 minute read