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Landlord Tenant Law

  • Challenge to Positive SEQRA Declaration Not RipeZoning Board of Appeals Failed to Properly Apply Statutory Balancing Test for Area Variance

    October 31, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
  • Liability management exercises (LMEs) have gained considerable attention during the past few years. Whether intended for good purposes or not, LMEs have significantly disrupted the traditional loan business through aggressive priming and subordination tactics — leading some to characterize this phenomenon as lender-on-lender violence.

    October 31, 2025Robert W. Dremluk
  • Challenge to Tax Deed Remanded for Consideration of Constitutional IssuesBroker Not Entitled to Commission When Loan Obtained Without Broker’s InvolvementCity Can Remove Canopies Attached to Buildings Without Landowner Consent

    October 31, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
  • Town Did Not Obtain Prescriptive Easement to Discharges Stormwater Over Neighboring Land -Adverse Possession Claim Rejected Because Use Was Permissive -No Injunction Against State for Failure to Stop Neighbor’s Unauthorized Use of State Property -Foreclosing Lender Entitled to Second Opportunity to Establish Fair Market Value In Attempt To Recover Deficiency Judgment -Offer to Purchase Does Not Negate Hostility Requirement for Establishing Adverse Possession

    September 30, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
  • Class Certification Upheld On Habitablity Claim -Colorable Claim of Fraud Justifies Looking Back Past Four Years -Tenant Entitled to Return of Deposit Because Lease Was Illegal

    September 30, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
  • Shareholder’s Easement By Necessity Claim Reinstated

    September 30, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
  • In today’s climate of rising interest rates, stretched borrower balance sheets, and starkly uneven recovery across asset classes, defaulted loans have emerged as a prime hunting ground for investors with legal acumen. Capturing this opportunity requires more than a blunt foreclosure “hammer” — it demands a surgical enforcement playbook.

    September 30, 2025Chris Zona
  • Variance Annulled For Failure to Make Findings of Fact -Variance Denial Upheld When Owner’s Hardship Was Self-Created

    September 30, 2025New York Real Estate Law Reporter Staff
  • When it comes to structuring a real estate deal, one of the most fundamental questions is whether the land should be leased under a long-term ground lease or sold outright. At first glance, the distinction may seem simple: a ground lease allows a landowner to retain ownership, and the tenant is permitted to use and improve the land, while a sale conveys fee title to the purchaser. But the legal, financial, and practical consequences of this choice are significant and can shape the future of a property for decades.

    September 30, 2025Frederick N. Poindexter and Taylor N. Wilson