West Village Houses: Units Ruled Not Stabilized Despite Receipt of J-51 Benefits
January 01, 2019
Ever since 2009, it has been an article of faith that a building's receipt of J-51 benefits means that all of the apartments therein automatically become rent-stabilized. If those apartments were already rent-stabilized, they become stabilized a second time. The second layer of rent stabilization has the effect of barring luxury deregulation, at least until J–51 benefits expire. In West Village Houses Renters Union v WVH Hous. Dev. Fund, Justice Barbara Jaffe held that the tenants of 32 unsold cooperative units at the West Village Houses complex were not rent-stabilized, even though their buildings had received J-51 benefits.
Development
January 01, 2019
Town Cannot Hold Back Building Permits as Financial Security<br>Parkland Alienation Doctrine Does Not Preclude Dock on Open Space Easement<br>Landowner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Real Property Law
January 01, 2019
No Duty to Maintain Bulkhead<br>Self-Conveyance Did Not Sever Joint Tenancy<br>Promissory Estoppel Not Available to Avoid Statute of Frauds<br>Presumption of Hostility Sustains Prescriptive Easement Claim
Landlord & Tenant
January 01, 2019
Loft Tenant Subject to Rent Stabilization<br>Video Surveillance a Substitute for Part-Time Lobby Attendants
Cloudy With a Chance of IoT attacks: The Cybersecurity Forecast for 2019
January 01, 2019
2018 was a trying year for the cybersecurity industry, with breaches increasing and showing no signs of slowing as we enter the New Year. 2019 will bring its own threats with the propagation of new technology — 5G and IoT — and their security vulnerabilities. However, there's also progress on the horizon, thanks to more stringent government regulation and increasing legal action.
What the U.S.' Pursuit of Foreign Nation-State Hackers Means for Cybercrime Victims and Targets
January 01, 2019
For years, the U.S. has maintained an active enforcement campaign against overseas cyber criminals and while these past efforts have not been haphazard, they have not necessarily been part of a specific drive to address the serious issue of foreign cybercrime committed by nation states. Recent announcements by the DOJ show that this enforcement campaign is accelerating and expanding.
Q&A with Women Leaders in Cybersecurity and Privacy
January 01, 2019
In 2017, Atlanta attorney Bess Hinson founded the Atlanta Women in Cybersecurity Roundtable, an invitation-only initiative to provide community and resources to advance women in cybersecurity in Atlanta. Here, we speak with some of those women leaders about their biggest security and privacy challenges and why women are pursing legal and other roles in the cybersecurity and privacy field.
Detecting, Discovering, and Eliminating Threats
January 01, 2019
Defending your corporation from advanced cyber threats is a difficult and never-ending challenge. The attack surface of an organization is constantly adapting to meet the needs of a business and attack vectors are increasing nearly every few hours.
Fighting Biometric Fraud on the Blockchain
January 01, 2019
The use of SMS verification codes as a security measure has recently been exposed as a mere stop-gap solution because of the ability of hackers to fraudulently take over phone numbers. Biometrics meanwhile is proving to be one of the best new technologies to combat fraud and identity theft.
