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Uncertainty Still Looming After Gov. Cuomo’s New Order
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new executive order narrowing the eviction moratorium goes into effect on June 20. What does that mean for NYC landlords? "There remains a cloud of uncertainty throughout the industry as to how these executive orders are to be interpreted, and real...
Bracing for Impact: Landlords Prepare for Strained Cash Flow and Outbreaks Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
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 in during this unprecedented period,...
DOS Bans Brokers’ Fees, HSTPA Continues to Cause Confusion and Anxiety
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 a statement...
Industry Wide Impact in Upcoming Ruling from Court of Appeals
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 would be "calamitous", KMWB's Nativ Winiarsky...
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...
Nativ Winiarsky Responds to New York Post Article Featuring a KMWB Case
In this case, 82 occupants brought an action against the owner of several Brooklyn buildings and claimed that each of their units should be subject to rent stabilization laws.
Nativ Winiarsky Writes on Rent-Stabilization in Illegal-Use Buildings
Nativ Winiarsky, a partner at Kucker, Marino, Winiarsky, & Bittens LLP, writes that in the race to rehabilitate old manufacturing buildings in now-fashionable neighborhoods, zoning codes are sometimes overlooked – codes that may then be used to eject tenants of noncompliant lofts. Counsel for these tenants often turn to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act, but until the Legislature steps in, that protection should remain unavailable. An article printed in the New York Law Journal on April 10, 2007.