Earlier this year, Judge Sean H. Lane of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that the post-petition rental income of a debtor-in-possession's commercial real property in New York City was not property of the debtor's estate under section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code, even though the underlying condominium units were owned by the debtor and had become estate property.
In re Soho 25 Retail, LLC Benefits Mortgage Lenders in New York
The holding in this important case supports the relatively new theory that New York law permits a mortgagor to transfer its entire interest in rents to a mortgagee upon executing the mortgage, such that the transfer will remain effective in the mortgagor's eventual bankruptcy.
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