Firm News
KMWB Successfully Maintains MCI Increases After the Appellate Division Remands DHCR’s Order
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...
KMWB Representing Landlord in Eviction Proceedings After NYPD Alleges Nail Salon is Running a Brothel
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 City to remove the...
KMWB Successfully Defends Tenant’s $4,000,000 Renovations with Injunction and Summary Judgment and Attorneys’ Fees
KMW&B 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 to undertake a wholesale...
KMWB Proves Department of Buildings Failed to Establish Client’s Liability, Successfully Appeals 4 Violations
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 referred to as an...
KMWB Saves Client $2 Million & Fashionable Brooklyn Rental Property in Arbitration
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 a valuable rental...
K&B Launches New Loft Practice, Rebrands as Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens, LLP
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 Winiarsky &...
KMWB Successfully Defends Client in Partnership Dispute
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...
Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens Represents Brooklyn Landlord in Class-Action Overcharge Claim
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.
Summary Of The 2019 Amendments to the NY Rent Laws
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.