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Co-ops and Condominiums
January 01, 2020
Emotional Support Dog Determination Upheld
Real Property Law
January 01, 2020
Statute of Limitations Did Not Bar Foreclosure Action Nuisance Claim Arising Out of Environmental Remediation Not Barred By Statute of Limitations Mortgage Contingency Clause Did Not Give Buyer Right to Cancel Mortgagor Did Not Prove Damages Arising Out of RESPA Violation Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment on Whether Adverse Possession Extinguished Easement
Recent Investigation, Prosecution and Legislation Regarding Fraudulent Deeds
December 01, 2019
New York City, particularly gentrifying areas of Brooklyn, Harlem, and Washington Heights, are seeing an upsurge of deed theft. Attorneys, architects, title companies, real estate brokers, agents, contractors, developers and construction managers need to be alert to this potential issue when blocks of properties are assembled for development in these neighborhoods.
Landlord & Tenant Law
December 01, 2019
Landlord's Relet Does Not Relieve Breaching Tenant from Liability for Rent Breaching Landlord Liable for Tenant's Expenses In Preparing Leased Space Apartments Withdrawn from Mitchell-Lama Not Rent-Stabilized Default Formula Does Not Constitute Penalty, and Does Not Preclude Class Certification
Real Property Law
December 01, 2019
Ambiguous Time of the Essence Notice Held Ineffective Attorney Review Provision Permitted Cancellation of Contract Mortgagee Entitled to Cancellatino of Erroneously Recorded Satisfaction Co-Tenant Not Entitled to Appointment of Receiver
Co-ops and Condominiums
December 01, 2019
Fair Housing Act Claim Against Condominium Board Dismissed Co-Op Unit Owner Entitled to Emotional Support Dog
Kuzmich et al. v. 50 Murray Street Acquisition LLC: A Deal Gone Bad for Developers Who Helped Revitalize Lower Manhattan
November 01, 2019
In Kuzmich et al. v 50 Murray Street Acquisition LLC, the Court of Appeals held that apartments in buildings receiving tax benefits under Real Property Tax Law (RPTL §421-g) are not eligible for luxury deregulation under the Rent Stabilization Law (RSL), unlike most other rent-stabilized apartments.
Real Property Law
November 01, 2019
Former Owners Not Entitled to Surplus from Tax Foreclosure Sale Joint Tenants Need Not Own Equal Interests Fraud Action Not Premature Merely Because Truth of Representations Are the Subject of Pending Proceedings Transferee from Incapacitated Person's Attorney-In-Fact Not A Bona Fide Purchaser
Development
November 01, 2019
Mining Prohibition Not Pre-Empted By State Law and Not In Violation of SEQRA Dog Training Facility Not a Customary Home Occupation,br> Landowner Not Entitled to Variance When Hardship Is Not Unique to the Parcel ZBA Did Not Consider Statutory Variance Factors
Co-ops and Condominiums
November 01, 2019
Action Dismissed When Unit Owners Did Not Allege Wrongful Actions Outside Scope of Board Member's Duty As Board Member

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