With increasing frequency, requests for emotional-support and service animals in housing lead to disputes under the Federal, State and City Discrimination Laws that protect the disabled. The requests are often mishandled by either the housing provider, the disabled person or both.
In-depth analysis of several pivotal rulings.
Good Guy Guarantees are designed to ensure that defaulting commercial tenants leave the premises promptly, avoiding loss of rental income to landlords. However, in Bri Jen Realty Corp. v. Altman, the Second Department construed a Good Guy Guarantee to hold a guarantor liable for rent for 11 months after tenant surrendered the premises.
Discussion of two recent cases.
Cases involving an air stripped in a park, and failure to maintain a landmarked building.
In-depth analysis of the latest important rulings.
Tax foreclosures implicate not only the interest of the delinquent fee owner, but also the interest of the holder of a mortgage on the fee interest. What happens when the mortgagee does not know about the tax delinquency, the tax foreclosure, or the expiration of the right to redeem the property?
How to Handle the Right of First Refusal of a Single Parcel in a Multiple-Parcel Package Deal
It is best for all parties to avoid litigation by clearly addressing the possibility of a transfer of more than just the property that is the subject of the right when that property is part of a larger parcel, or could be part of a package deal.
Why the holder of a prior mortgage was not entitled to surplus funds.
