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January 2013

• Letter From The Managing Partner
• Dhcr's Attempt To Alter One Of Its Longstanding Policies Relating To The Processingof Mci Applications Has Been Rejected By The Nys Supreme Court
• Commercial Landlords Beware: Gratuitous Space Used By A Tenant May Become A Rent-Free Addition To The Tenant's Leased Premises

December 2012

• Sandy's Aftermath: What Does It Mean For You, The Landlord?
• Is There A Way To Evict A Tenant For Failure To Pay Rent Other Than The Nonpayment Proceeding?
• Electronic Recording Comes To New York
• Rent Deposits And RPAPL § 745(2)

November 2012

• Negotiating A Tenant Release On Assignment Of Lease: What To Look For From A Landlord's Perspective
• Liquidated Damages
• Negotiating A Tenant Release On Assignment Of Lease
• Major Capital Improvement Rent Increases: Recouping Costs Of Ancillary Work
• Residential Tenants Liable For Future Rent

September 2012

• No New Reason For Concern By Board Members
• Heat And Hot Water Violations:Recent Changes To The Code
• Dhcr Reverses Position On Mci Increase For Backflow Preventers
• Should An Owner Enter Into A Stipulation Of Settlement Or Go To Trial In Non-Payment Housing Court Proceeding?
• Tenant's Failure To Satisfy A Condition Precedent In A Commercial Lease Bars Tenant's $600,000 Overcharge Claim

June 2012

• Is The Deemed Lease Dead?
• Additional Thoughts On The Deemed Lease Remedy
• Practical Pointers On Improving Your Prospects At Ecb
• Disability Compliance - When And When Not Required

May 2012

• Congratulations To BBWG Super Lawyers
• DHCR's Attempt to Alter One of Its Longstanding policies Relating to the processing of MCI Applications Is Rejected by the Court
• Tenants' Cloaking of Their Vacatur Defeated a Daughter's Succession Claim
• Logistics of Letters of Credit

March 2012

• Cyber Sleuthing - Facebook Is Your Best FriendStipulations in Nonpayment Proceedings
• Short-Term Rentals In New York City: If You See Something, Say Something
• Appellate Division Restricts Succession Rights In Rent Stabilized Apartments
• Final Standard Adjustment Factor for 2012-2013 MBRs

February 2012

• Harmon v. Kimmel Is Rent Stabilization Constitutional?
• Stipulations in Nonpayment Proceedings
• Mortgage Mash Up
• DHCR Upholds Order of Deregulation Despite Existence of J-51 Tax Benefits
• New Rules Concerning Fuel Cost Adjustments

January 2012

• Electronic Recording Comes to New York
• BBWG Employs an Innovative Procedural Defense to Vacate a Fine Imposed on a Property Owner
• Major Capital Improvement Rent Increases
• Eviction Q & A

Transactional Departmental News 

• Developers Grasping For Air Rights
• Breaking Up is hard to Do
• Brokerage Commissions: When are they Due and payable?

• Time is of the Essence - or Is It?
• Brokerage Commissions: When Are They Due and Payable?
• Legislation Gives Condominiums the Right to Borrow

• Changes to Limited Liability Law Regarding Publication
• Cooperative Shareholders Who Are Subject To Alternative Minimum Tax Cannot Deduct Proportionate Amount Of Building's Real Estate Taxes
• Cooperative Board Fails To Rebut Showing Of Apparent Discrimination Based On Disability
• Co-Op Board Can Force A Shareholder To Remove An Unauthorized Washer/Dryer And Garbage Disposal
• Holdover Tenant Liable for Damages to Incoming Tenant
• Loss Of Use Of Terrace Due To Building-Wide Repairs In A Cooperative Does Not Entitle Shareholder To Damages For Breach Of Covenant Of Quiet Enjoyment

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