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A recent story in the New York Post discusses a lawsuit brought by the City of New York against a prominent couple who are the owners and landlords of a brownstone located in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. According to the allegations in the lawsuit, the couple sought to evict their tenants without any legal process. In more detail, they are accused of, among other actions, using force and threatening to use force to induce occupants to vacate, removing occupants’ possessions from the Premises, and changing entrance door locks to the Premises without supplying replacement keys to the occupants.... https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/evictions-in-/

A recent news story in the New York Post raises important issues regarding the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on evictions in New York State. According to the report, an Intragram influencer named Marisa Hochberg owes at least $14,000.00 in past due rent on her summer rental in Montauk, and has refused to vacate the premises, even though her lease expired several months ago. [ 591 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/covid-19-and-/

Successful contemporary art dealer Andre Zarre passed away and left his massive multi-million dollar estate solely to a deli worker, who was also nominated as Executor to the estate. Does this situation strike our readers as a legal result that can be contested? The answer is yes, for the reasons discussed in this post. Although Zarre was a successful art dealer, his entrepreneurial spirit led to his eventual ownership of a Queens deli. [ 654 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/an-improbable/

Our firm often handles partition matters where two or more people co-own a property. Under New York law, no one is forced to co-own property if they do not want to. As a result, a partition action may be brought to have the property sold by the Court and the proceeds fairly divided between the co-owners. Most, if not all, of partition actions are settled without actually having a Court-ordered sale of the property. [ 540 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/division-of-t/

Some of our prior blog posts have dealt with foreclosure actions concerning real property. A recent New York Supreme Court case, however, deals with a different type of foreclosure, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the same. Most foreclosure cases in New York State are of the judicial type, and deal with the foreclosure of real property. In a judicial foreclosure, the owner of real property gives a mortgage and note to a lender, in exchange for a loan. [ 509 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/foreclosures-/

Weiss & Weiss would like to wish all who celebrate a Happy New Year. https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/happy-new-year/

We note that recent news concerning New York’s commercial real estate landscape has been rapid and stunning. Iconic businesses such as Sears, JC Penney, Modell’s and Brooks Brothers have filed for bankruptcy protection or closed retail stores, office spaces remain underutilized and the restaurant business is experiencing significant challenges. Tenants that remain are rethinking their need for expensive commercial space. Landlords are considering converting properties to new uses in order to fully lease available space. [ 666 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/changing-cond/

Weiss & Weiss wishes a happy Labor Day to all. Enjoy your weekend! https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/happy-labor-d/

As we are all aware, the effects of the COVID-19 virus on commercial leases will be quite substantial. Many businesses have been forced to limit their hours, or have been forbidden to open at all during this time. Of course, a business whose income has been limited in this manner will have problems meeting its rent obligations under its lease [ 449 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/lease-guarant/

Our firm is frequently asked to bring partition actions on behalf of property owners. For those who have not read all of our blog posts, a partition action is brought when a co-owner of property no longer wishes to own the property, and the other co-owner refuses to sell the property or buy the other out of her share. A [ 680 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/types-of-owne/

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, all of the Courts in New York State closed for health and safety reasons. Recently, as the numbers of those afflicted in New York continue to decrease, some Courts are reopening. This blog post will discuss the current situation as of the writing of this post, and how this effects certain practice areas [ 446 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/an-update-on-/

Weiss & Weiss would like to wish everyone a happy, safe and healthy Fourth of July. https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/happy-fourth/

Rockland County, New York is an area served by our firm. Surprisingly, this area has become a hotbed of competition for the hot dog consuming customer. Perhaps the contestants in the annual 4th of July hot dog eating contest sponsored by Nathan’s could even practice for the big event in Rockland. All kidding aside, there is a classic commercial leasing [ 316 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/who-let-the-d/

A recent Court decision from the Civil Court of the City of New York (Kings County) involves a dispute regarding possession of real property located in Brooklyn, New York. More importantly, the building which is the subject of the litigation houses a synagogue which also serves as headquarters for the Lubavitch movement, a Chasidic (Jewish Orthodox) sect. The Court decision is quite lengthy (over 100 pages), which is quite unusual for a [ 489 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/who-owns-the-/

We hope that our readers have been fortunate enough to have stayed healthy during these trying times. Finally, our home region has commenced the post-Covid re-opening process. We are currently in Phase II. Our attorneys hope that all business activities will return to normal as soon as possible, just as baseball fans want to hear the crack of the bat as their favorite player hits a home run. [ 448 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/post-covid-re/

A recent news story in New York relates to New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard and his lease for a New York City apartment. It appears that the pitcher, nicknamed Thor, signed a lease for a penthouse in the Tribeca area of downtown New York City for ten months, starting in March of this year. His rent was $22,500 a month and the $17,000 broker’s commission was to be paid by the tenant. [ 535 more words ] https://www.newyorkrealestatelawyersblog.com/thor-getting-/