Articles
We currently write a column in the Building and Realty Institute of Westchester &
The Mid-Hudson Region’s bi-monthly Newspaper, IMPACT.
Jan/Feb 2024– The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Hits Co-ops – and Condos?
June/July 23 – Court Invalidates Requirement that Landlords Accept Section 8
Oct/Nov 2023 – In the Middle of Tenant- on- Tenant Harassment
Feb/March 2023 – An Update on Cooperative and Condominium Cases
July/Aug 2022 – Two Recent Areas of Interest in Co-op/Condo Law
Feb/March 2022 –The State’s Eviction Moratorium Expires –Or Does It?
Sept/Oct 2021 –Westchester County’s “Reasons” Law of 2021
June/July 2021–Good News for Building and Realty Industry Members As To the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA)
Feb/March 2021 – The Paycheck Protection Program Is Now Available for Cooperatives
Nov/Dec 2020 –A Look At “No Pet” Policy and the 2020 U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Guidance
Aug/Sept 2020 –Reviewing the Processes Associated with the Annual Meetings of Co-ops and Condos During These Difficult and Unprecedented Times
May/June 2020 –Good News from the N.Y. State Court of Appeals
Feb/March 2020 –Building and Realty Institute (BRI) Starts Lawsuit Challenging The New York Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA)
February 2019 –Landlords – Be Ready For A Fight!
Oct/Nov 2019 – The HSTPA Stings Landlords in Recent Court Cases
Oct/Nov 2018 –Proposed Legislation by Westchester County Affects the Cooperative Application Process
July/Aug 2018 –Reviewing the Key Points of Cooperative Interviews
April/May 2018 –The Importance of a Formal Lease: Jury Trial Waivers Contained in a Lease Are Valid
Jan/Feb 2018 – The Legal Issues as to an Emotional Support Animal Request – Part Three
Sept/Oct 2017 –The Legal Issues as to an Emotional Support Animal Request – Part Two
June/July 2017 –Legal Support for an Emotional Support Animal Request – Part One
March/April 2017 – How to Deal With A Troublesome Employee
January 2017 – Addressing Issues Related to Vacancy Increases
Sept/Oct 2016 –A Landlord-Tenant Update on Altman
June/July 2016 –The Unexpected Can Happen When it Comes to Elections for Board Members of Cooperatives and Condominiums
March/April 2016 –Attention Owners & Managers of ETPA Properties –Your Surveys Now Have to
be Filed Electronically!
Sept/Oct 2015 –Reviewing the Key Points of Cooperative Interviews
July/Aug 2015 –The Unexpected Can Happen When It Comes to Elections
For Board Members of Cooperatives and Condominiums
March/April 2015 –Lease Violations, Notices and Rent Rejection – What To Do
October 2014 – Addressing the Process of Choosing a Managing Agent
June 2014– Minutes – What Minutes? And, Why?
Jan/Feb 2014 –What Is New Under DHCR? Nothing Good for the Landlord!
December 2013 – Trust In, and For, a Cooperative?
Sept/Oct 2013 –Reviewing the Key Points of Cooperative Interviews
August 2013 –A Look at Issues Involving Ancillary Services
May 2013 – Contesting Your Property Taxes May Offer You Relief
March 2013 – Town of Mamaroneck Decides Not to Elect “The Homestead Tax Option”
Dec 2012 – Appellate Court Reviews Co-op Board’s Discretion In Conditioning Review of Application to Purchase
Sept/Oct 2012 – Court Upholds Discrimination Claims Against Co-ops
June/July 2012 – Courts Continue to Uphold Business Judgment Rule
On Subletting Routines and On Additional Key Issues
March/April 2012 – The ETPA Deemed Renewal- Darned If Landlord Deems, Darned If
Landlord Does Not!
December 2011– Revisiting Price as a Consideration in Co-op Applications
October 2011 – Reviewing Collections for Co-ops & Condos
January 2011 – Addressing the Issue of Evictions in Difficult Economic Times
January 2010 – Kent Manor – An Analysis of the “Vested Rights Issue”
October 2009 – Reasonable Modifications Under the Fair Housing Act
July/August 2009 – Court Approves Cooperative Alteration Agreement Requiring Shareholder to Pay Cooperative Costs
April/May 2009 – Court Denies Parking Space to Shareholder, Claiming Need as an Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act
October/November 2008 – Recent Contract Cases Uphold the Caveat Emptor Rule in New York State – Let the Buyer Beware!
September 2008 – Ruling States That a Landlord Is Not Required to Mitigate Damages For Residential Lease Breaches
March/April 2008 – Reviewing Access to a Co-op’s Or Condo’s Books and Records
November 2007 – Appellate Court Permits Money Judgment in Summary Proceeding Without “Personal” Service Process on Tenant
July/August 2007 – Condominium and Cooperative Opinions Regarding a Unit Owner’s Right to Examine Books and Records
May/June 2007 – Reviewing the Ramifications of “Succession Rights” to Owners
April 2007 – Reviewing the Ramifications of “Succession Rights” to Local Owners
February/March 2007 – Immediate Action Is a Must When Addressing Issues Related to Mold
December 2006/January 2007 – Arbitration and How to Deal With Union/Employee Issues
November 2006 – What a Co-op, Condo or Landlord Can Do About Smokers
October 2006 – Terminating An Employee—Reviewing The Steps
March/April 2006 – Unsold Shares – The Law Reversed…and New Problems
January/February 2006 – Landlords Beware….Or Another Lease Renewal Problem
November/December 2005 – Section 8 Revisited Once Again and Again
October 2005 – Court Permits Discrimination Claim Against Co-op to Proceed
July/August 2005 – On the Residential Hybrid Known as the “Cond-Op”
June 2005 – Supreme Court Upholds a City’s Right To Take Property Through Eminent Domain
April/May 2005 – When Is 10 Days Not 10 Days?
March 2005 – The Landlord’s Quandary Upon Tenants’ Failures To Renew Leases
January/February 2005 – Let The Board Make The Decision – More Pullman
December 2004 – A Complain Has Been Filed Charging You With Discrimination…
September/October 2004 – Pullman Revisited – Examining an Important Realty Ruling
January/February 2004 – Pullman and the Business Judgement Rule: Don’t Forget to Go to Court
October/November 2003 – A Landlord’s Answer to Repeated Non-Payment by a Tenant
May/June 2003 – Price as a Consideration in Cooperative Applications
November 2001 – Shareholder Tenants and Holders of Unsold Shares – The Turning Tide
New York Landlord Alert
June 2019 – Landlords Slammed by Legislation
January 2013 – Rent Demand Relief
October 2012 – Tax Cetiorari Proceedings For Landlords in New York State
July 2012- Accepting Rent Nullifies Termination
April 2012 – Records for Non-Payment Cases
January 2012– ETPA Changes Approved by New York State
October 2011 – Rent Demand Pitfalls
May 2011- Beware of Laches