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Unique Circumstances Require Rent Recomputation<br>City Human Rights Law Requires Landlord to Convert Window Into Wheelchair Accessible Entrance<br>“As Is” Clause Does Not Bar Claim That Landlord Intentionally Caused Defective Conditions

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Development

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LPC's Denial of Hardship Application Upheld<br>Developer's Failure to Obtain Final Decision Deprives Federal Court of Subject Matter Jurisdiction<br>Spot Zoning and SEQRA Challenges Rejected

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

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Purchaser Adequately Alleged Concealment of Defects<br>Space Allocation Cannot Be Changed Without Unanimous Vote; Unjust Enrichment Claim Survives

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Real Property Law

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No Easement Created<r>Grant Created Valid and Alienable Possibility of Reverter<br>Contract Vendee Entitled to Specific Performance<br>Questions of Fact About Scope of Mortgage

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Waiving the Right to <i>Yellowstone</i> Injunctive Relief

Janice G. Inman

In a case of first impression, and after it decided public policy would not be offended, New York's Appellate Division, Second Department, decided earlier this year that commercial tenants may contractually waive the right to seek a <i>Yellowstone</i> injunction in <i>159 MP Corp. v. Redbridge Bedford,</i>

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and How It Affects Real Estate

Peter M. Fass

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>Part One of this article discussed changes affecting real estate including the pass-through business deduction adopted in new §199A of the Tax Act. Part Two expands upon the workings of the pass-through business deduction (pass-through deduction).

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Tenant Liability CERCLA Changes Under 2018 BUILD Act

Nicole TK Moore

One of the significant updates to the law is that now, a tenant at an industrial or manufacturing site can, under appropriate circumstances, claim the “bona fide prospective purchaser” defense to Superfund liability and escape strict, joint, and several owner/operator liabilities when leasing previously-contaminated property.

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Case Notes

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Lease Assignee Can Make Claim that Appears to Concern Only Property's Owners

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Thinking Outside of the Big-Box: Understanding License Agreements

Kelly D. Stohs & David P. Vallas

One critical component to the successful evolution of a shopping center is creating a stronger connection with community through attractions, events and promotions that bring a fresh vibrancy to the centers. These specialty relationships and other short-term relationships are generally memorialized in a license agreement rather than a traditional lease.

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The Comprehensive Plan Requirement

Stewart E. Sterk

Does a local law requiring site plan review satisfy the statutory requirement when a town (or village) has enacted neither a formal comprehensive plan for a zoning ordinance?

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