Scott E Mollen

January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Free People of PA LLC v. Delshah 60 Ninth LLC,” a commercial landlord-tenant case stemming from a landlord delivering premises approximately one year late.. Neither side was a prevailing party.

By Scott E. Mollen

12 minute read

January 16, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses the landlord-tenant case "Lumiram Dev. v. Empire State Crossfit," and the land-use case "Committee for a Sustainable Waterfront v. Planning Board of The City of Glen Cove."

By Scott E. Mollen

10 minute read

January 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses a commercial landlord-tenant case“The Art Factory v. 740-748 Hicks Realty,” where a tenant asserted the landlord failed to cooperate to legalize the building. The court found that the tenant failed to meet the criteria for a CPLR 6301 preliminary injunction.

By Scott E. Mollen

11 minute read

January 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Matter of the Home of The Sages of Israel," a case that illustrates the types of disputes which are occurring throughout the country among factions of religious congregations with respect to proposed sales of congregational properties.

By Scott E. Mollen

15 minute read

December 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Motta v. Sheehan,” a landlord-tenant case where the court restored the petitioner to possession of the premises after the receiver illegally evicted her without a judgment of possession and warrant of eviction.

By Scott E. Mollen

5 minute read

December 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses 'S.B.H. Realty v. Santana', where the court held that a defective predicate notice cannot serve as a basis for a holdover suit, and 'O'Reilly v. Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre', where the court, noting strong community opposition, granted the enforcement of a village's moratorium.

By Scott E. Mollen

14 minute read

December 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Divya Dham Sevashram Sangha v. Gita Temple-Ashram,” a case of interest since so many religious institutions have elected to sell their properties because they cannot afford to operate, repair and maintain them and these organizations often need the sale proceeds in order to continue and expand their religious mission.

By Scott E. Mollen

31 minute read

November 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Matter of the Application of the City of N.Y.,” a case of interest given the importance of the “project influence rule” and the proliferation of developments which utilized transfers of air rights.

By Scott E. Mollen

13 minute read

November 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Gennarelli v. Cherkovsky, Elton Owner v. Payne, and Zandieh v. Polkosnik.

By Scott E. Mollen

11 minute read

November 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Primer Construction v. Empire City Subway Company,” a construction case where a contractor sued a utility company to recover the costs of construction and “Hudson City Savings Bank v. Woodard, ” dealing with a residential foreclosure action.

By Scott E. Mollen

31 minute read