By Jason Grant | November 9, 2018
A state appeals panel said resident Steven Rosen “put his mental condition in issue by seeking to recover damages for emotional distress as a result of the actions alleged" in a complaint that alleged his doorman came after him with a wrench and used anti-Semitic language against him, among other harassing actions.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Darryl M. Vernon | November 9, 2018
There is simply no good reasoning to allow a landlord to use the rent from an unlawfully deregulated lease.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Darryl M. Vernon | November 8, 2018
It is fair to point out that there have been abuses by those requesting accommodation animals and that such abuses have entered the “realm of contemporary literature, humor and satire.”
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Warren Estis and Jeffrey Turkel | November 6, 2018
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 Andrew Denney | November 2, 2018
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead also told attorneys from Willkie Farr & Gallagher and the Legal Aid Society that the state court case regarding lost heat may become pre-empted by a consent decree in a federal lawsuit.
By Michael Booth | November 1, 2018
"We reject the tenant's strained interpretation of the Anti-Eviction Act … and conclude that an act of one permits the eviction of all," wrote Appellate Division Judge Clarkson Fisher Jr. for the panel in "Rampersaud v. Hollingsworth."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | October 30, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses three landlord-tenant cases: '525 Delaware LLC v. Krush,' '498 W. End Ave. LLC v. Reynolds,' and 'Matter of Garcia.'
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Scott E. Mollen | October 23, 2018
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses the adverse possession case “Children's Magical Garden v. Norfolk St. Dev.,” and the landlord-tenant case “3175 GC LLC v. Basey-Goodison.”
By Susan DeSantis | October 23, 2018
The anti-poverty organization Mobilization for Justice will launch an office in the Bronx to serve Bronx tenants facing eviction in Housing Court.
By Andrew Denney | October 17, 2018
The ruling is both a win for property owners across the city who own the nearly 1,800 units used to shelter the homeless, and a blow for legal service providers who are fighting to establish tenant rights for thousands of cluster-site residents.
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