Nikolaos Preponis is a Partner at Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens, LLP, where he focuses his practice on real estate and landlord-tenant litigation. He represents property owners, landlords, cooperative corporations and condominium boards in disputes involving the ownership, operation and management of residential and commercial real estate throughout New York City.

Nikolaos has extensive experience handling landlord-tenant matters, including residential and commercial nonpayment and holdover proceedings, non-primary residence claims, nuisance matters, illegal subletting disputes and other issues arising from the management and operation of real property. He regularly litigates matters in New York City Housing Court and advises clients on strategies for resolving disputes involving tenancies, possession and property operations.

Nikolas also represents clients in matters extending beyond traditional landlord-tenant proceedings, including real estate-related disputes and criminal court proceedings arising from the ownership and management of real property. His approach is grounded in understanding each client’s objectives and developing a practical litigation strategy tailored to the circumstances of the matter.

Among his representative experience, Nikolas successfully tried three separate nonpayment proceedings in which tenants asserted breach of the warranty of habitability and sought rent abatements. In each matter, the court found that the tenant failed to establish the asserted claim and awarded no rent abatement.

In addition to his legal practice, Nikolas is a licensed real estate broker. He is bilingual and fluent in Greek.

Nikolas earned his J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is admitted to practice in the New York State Courts and the Appellate Division, Second Department.