New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott Mollen | November 9, 2021
Scott Mollen discusses "East Empire Constr. Inc. v. Borough Constr. Grp," where a subcontract's termination required compliance with a 10-day post notice cure provision, and "Sanchez-Tiben v. Washington," where the court held that a sufficient showing was made to warrant a hearing to ascertain the validity of a hardship declaration.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Warren A. Estis and Jeffrey Turkel | November 2, 2021
Starting in 2020, tenants of various 421-a buildings throughout the city where rent concessions have been granted have commenced putative class action litigation asserting that the initial legal regulated rent for each of their apartments is not the lease rent, but is the "net effective rent." To date, the tenants' efforts have met with mixed success. In their Rent Regulation column Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel analyze five decisions rendered on the subject.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | October 30, 2021
This was an issue on which less was definitely not more.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott Mollen | October 26, 2021
Scott Mollen discusses 'LaSalle v. 1777 GC LLC,' 'Bloom v. Nationstar Mortgage,' and 'Currin v. Glenwood Mgmt. Corp.'
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Warren A. Estis and Alexander Lycoyannis | October 5, 2021
In their Landlord-Tenant column, Warren Estis and Alexander Lycoyannis discuss the extension of New York's eviction moratorium which includes a provision for owners to challenge tenants' assertions of COVID-related financial hardship.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott Mollen | September 28, 2021
In this week's Realty Law Digest, Scott Mollen discusses two landlord-tenant cases: "Y.A. Mullings Corp. v. Hall," where the court denied the landlord's motion to permit witnesses to testify against tenants anonymously, and "Fisher v. Burke," where the tenant/roommate was granted final judgment of possession in an illegal lockout proceeding.
By Marisa L. Byram and Tyler V. Friederich | September 27, 2021
A South Carolina appellate court recently affirmed a trial court's decision that a landlord had tortiously interfered with a sublease by terminating the master lease after a fire damaged the subject building and such landlord was liable to the subtenant for punitive damages.
By Melea VanOstrand | September 23, 2021
"Can I kick you out or terminate your lease because you actually have COVID? I don't know the answer to that."
By Tom McParland | September 21, 2021
Comments from the bench seemed to question Randy Mastro's assertions that the new measure was at odds with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month, which scrapped an earlier iteration that allowed tenants to self-certify that they had suffered financial hardship.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott Mollen | September 21, 2021
Scott Mollen discusses "Monahemi v. Gohari," where questions of fact precluded summary judgment dismissing a complaint relating to fraud, and "1700 Harrison LLC v. Whetstone," where the landlord was denied vacatur of a stipulation and the tenant denied she was in civil contempt for non-compliance.
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