Extra-Judicial Evictions of Commercial Tenants During COVID-19

This article addresses and updates the law on the self-help remedy that enables commercial landlords to regain possession of leased premises from tenants in material breach of one or more lease covenants.

11 minute read January 01, 2021 at 12:07 AM
By
Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio
Extra-Judicial Evictions of Commercial Tenants During COVID-19

Since the publication of the authors' article 15 years ago in the New York Law Journal titled "Self Help Evictions: The Neglected Commercial Remedy," it has been unanimous by all lower and appellate courts that self-help evictions are enforceable.

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