Jeffrey Turkel

November 07, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Warren A. Estis, a founding partner at Rosenberg & Estis, and Jeffrey Turkel, a partner at the firm, write that a divided appellate panel recently held that for purposes of determining whether an owner has rebutted the presumption that an overcharge is willful, DHCR or a court may look at evidence relating to a time that predates the four-year overcharge look-back period.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

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July 05, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Warren A. Estis, a founding partner at Rosenberg Estis, and Jeffrey Turkel, a partner at the firm, review Zagrosik v. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, in which the court held that domestic partners are not entitled to be added to a rent-stabilized lease, although they are entitled to succession rights after the named tenant vacates.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

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January 03, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel, partners at Rosenberg Estis, review a recent case that highlights an ongoing controversy surrounding the intersection of preferential rent clauses and the 2003 amendment to the Rent Stabilization Law that unilaterally allows landlords to discontinue such rents at the end of a lease term.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

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May 05, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel, partners at Rosenberg & Estis, write: As the dust continues to settle, some of these questions raised in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties are now being answered. Indeed, the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal has issued two clarifying rulings in recent weeks. In addition, proposed legislation would allow landlords to avoid the consequences of Roberts by refunding past J-51 benefits and waiving future benefits.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

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November 01, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Warren A. Estis, a founding partner at Rosenberg Estis, and Jeffrey Turkel, a partner at the firm, write that a recent ruling by the Appellate Term, First Department, is of particular interest to landlord-tenant lawyers and is sure to trigger a number of new appeals.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

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July 13, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Rosenberg & Estis partners Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel discuss the recently enacted Rent Act of 2011, rent regulation, and the interplay between the luxury deregulation changes and the reduction of the individual apartment improvement increase, which makes the former more difficult and expensive to achieve.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

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March 05, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Warren A. Estis, a founding partner at Rosenberg & Estis, and Jeffrey Turkel, a partner at the firm, write that the Court of Appeals' recent decision in Riverside Syndicate Inc. v. Munroe answers a question that has puzzled trial and appellate courts alike: Under what conditions may a rent stabilized tenant, or landlord, waive rights under the Rent Stabilization Law?

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

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