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Rent Stabilization
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Hollywoodians Encouraging Rental Opportunities v. City of Los Angeles (2019) 37 Cal.App.5th 768, 772-773.
Hollywoodians Encouraging Rental Opportunities v. City of Los Angeles (2019) 37 Cal.App.5th 768, 772-773. The owner of an occupied, 18-unit rent-stabilized apartment building sought to demolish and replace the structure with…
Legal Profession Blog
Inadequate Cooperation Gets Attorney Suspended
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has imposed an interim suspension of an attorney subject to this complaintthe Committee received a complaint from a former client…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
An Older Case, An Up-To-Date Lesson
Analysis of the "but for" portion of the legal malpractice equation is the richest part of the problem. Departures tend to be obvious or patent; how they affect the viability…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Some Really Good Real Estate, Death and Legal Malpractice
What could be more Manhattanite than the combination of a Central Park South double apartment, a real estate legal proceeding, lots of money and legal malpractice? Nothing that we can…
PropertyProf Blog
80/20 Affordable Housing
By propertyprof
A good primer on the strange world of affordable housing construction in New York City:Emerald Green was built under the auspices of 80/20 — through which 80 percent of the…
PropertyProf Blog
The Happiness of Staying in Place
By propertyprof
As someone with a strong sense of place (I love love love my hometown) I was happy to see this article in the New York Times. Constance Rosenblum discusses the…
Land Use Prof Blog
33,000 SROs in NYC go for cheap!
Following that long drawn-out blog I just posted, I thought I would post a short, sweet story about an old SRO law in NYC that allows people to request a lease…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Rent-Subsidized Apartments in New York and Legal Malpractice
Jousting with the landlord over rent stabilized apartments is a uniquely NYC type of activity. Violations of the rent-stabilization laws may lead to treble damages, and tenants routinely litigate over…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The NY Highest Court enjoined landlord from evicting tenant based on his alleged undocumented status
Excerpts from the opinion follow:Oswaldo Recalde, Plaintiff, against Bae Cleaners, Inc. and Henry Bae,Defendants.115789/07SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK COUNTY2008 NY Slip Op 28266; 2008 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 4397July…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracting Around Rent Stabilization: Void Ab Initio
Riverside Syndicate, Inc. v. Munroe is a recent (2/7/08) New York Court of Appeals decision that provides a nice example of a contract that is against public policy. Tenants leased…