Jeffrey Turkel

December 31, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Stabilization column, Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel discuss the law surrounding owners seeking DHCR's permission to replace lobby attendants and doormen with security cameras.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

7 minute read

November 06, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Stabilization column, Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel discuss the recently issued decisions by the Appellate Division, First Department: 'Regina Metropolitan v. DHCR' and 'Raden v. W 7879,' which alter the method for determining the base date rent where there has been no fraudulent scheme to destabilize an apartment.

By Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

8 minute read

September 04, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Sometimes a landlord and a tenant agree that the tenant will move from one apartment in a building to another. In their Landlord-Tenant column, Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel examine the questions: (1) If the tenant is rent controlled, can she take that status with her, even though the new apartment cannot be rent controlled by law? And, (2) if the tenant is stabilized and moves into a deregulated unit, has he forfeited his stabilized status?

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

8 minute read

June 22, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A discussion of three proposals introduced by tenant advocates in the New York State Legislature: the Urstadt Law, limits on MCI rent increases, and the elimination of high rent vacancy deregulation. These proposals, and others to come, will be debated in Albany next year when the rent laws come up for renewal.

By Jeffrey Turkel

2 minute read

May 01, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Stabilization column, Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel, the attorney who successfully argued 'Altman v. 285 West Fourth LLC' in the Court of Appeals on behalf of the landlord, discuss the landmark case, which restored the pre-Altman state of the law and reversed a 2015 decision that effectively re-regulated thousands of deregulated apartments.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

8 minute read

March 06, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Stabilization column, Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel discuss the rights of owners and non-corporeal tenants under the RSL.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

8 minute read

January 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Stabilization column, Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel trace the application of the doctrine of primary jurisdiction in the post-'Roberts' era.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

8 minute read

October 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Regulation column, Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel explore recent case law addressing issues stemming from 'Roberts v. Tishman,' including fraud, treble damages, rent freezes due to failure to register, and an owner's right to seek luxury deregulation for stabilized apartments after J-51 benefits expire.

By By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

16 minute read

September 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Regulation column, Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel explain how high-income luxury deregulation was added to the Rent Stabilization Law to address the issue of whose income is to be counted and discuss how the Division of Housing and Community Renewal developed a bright-line test, which, like most bright-line tests, is not entirely satisfactory and has led to results that have aggrieved both owners and tenants.

By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

16 minute read

July 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Rent Regulation column, Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel highlight several DHCR orders to show how although the division will frequently forgive tenants in luxury default proceedings, its capacity for such forgiveness is not unlimited.

By Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel

16 minute read