While New York continues to reel in the wake of the COVID-19 tsunami, landlords are expecting a steep drop-off in rents early next month. As many are working to negotiate with their lenders and wait for the government to step…
Almost a year after the shocking Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act was passed, the legislation is continuing to wreak havoc on the industry and overburden New York’s court system. How did we get here? KMWB attorneys Nativ Winiarsky…
On January 31st, without notice, the New York Department of State issued a Legal Guidance analyzing the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act. Buried in the document is a change indicating that the collection of brokers’ fees is prohibited. In…
KMWB’s Nicholas Yokos secured a favorable ruling in recent tenant-initiated proceedings against a local landlord. In response to the tenant’s call to 311, HPD inspected the premises and issued several violations, including for an illegal sheetrock partition. The landlord was…
The highest Court in the state, the Court of Appeals, is set to rule on whether recent changes to the Rent Law will be applied to pending rent overcharge cases, which have piled up since June 2019. An unfavorable ruling…
Nativ Winiarsky recently successfully argued an appeal before the Appellate Division and reversed a Supreme Court decision denying an MCI increase. The Supreme Court action was an Article 78 proceeding brought by tenants seeking to reverse DHCR’s determination which had…
Attorney Lisa Faham-Selzer is representing a New York City landlord in eviction proceedings after an NYPD sting revealed alleged prostitution activity in what was believed to be a legal, licensed nail salon. Lisa is working with the landlord and the…
KMWB represented a commercial tenant who entered into a net lease for a 58,000 square foot vacant warehouse that was a former paper mill factory. Our client executed the Lease when the Building was virtually a shell and set about…
Rachel Kramer successfully appealed 4 ECB violations issued by the Department of Buildings, relating to alleged transient use of a client’s property. As a result of an advertisement for a short-term rental placed by the tenant of record, often times…
Nativ Winiarsky and Abner Zelman recently obtained an award wholly in favor of the client in an AAA arbitration specifically enforcing the performance of an agreement between two members of a limited liability company, the sole asset of which was…
Kucker & Bruh, LLP, a highly respected New York City-based full-service real estate law firm, today announced the formation of its new Loft Law practice, rounding out its robust client services. In addition, the firm has rebranded as Kucker Marino…
Nativ Winiarsky and Abner Zelman recently successfully defended our client in a proceeding brought by the client’s partner to dissolve their two partnerships, which owned two valuable commercial properties in midtown Manhattan. The proceeding, alleging mismanagement and waste, sought to…
Nativ Winiarsky, a partner at Kucker, Marino, Winiarsky, & Bittens, LLP, is set to argue against certification of a class of tenants seeking treble damages for various overcharges claims.
Please click here to read a summary of the 2019 Amendments to the NY Rent Laws. Kucker, Marino, Winiarsky, & Bittens, LLP is ready to assist our clients to navigate through the omnibus changes.
As the Rent Stabilization Law remains in flux, one thing remains constant: the need for building owners to remain vigilant in enforcement of existing lease obligations and existing statutory obligations.