A legal battle over views of the Brooklyn Bridge has ended in a victory for commercial development over the opposition of local residents. Commercial developers Toll Brothers and Starwood Capital Group can now complete construction of the Pierhouse development, a...
The right to peaceful enjoyment of one's home is critical to New York City renters. A dispute with a landlord can shatter that peace very quickly. Residential tenants in New York have an array of legal rights, but those rights can be of little value if the tenant...
Developing commercial real estate in New York is a complicated process, to say the least. In addition to the parties directly involved in the transaction, state and local government bodies often play an important role in moving a project forward. A project recently...
Last week in this blog we discussed the implied warranty of habitability, one of the most important rights provided to residential tenants by New York law. State law provides a number of other tenants' rights, including statutory rights to heat and hot water.Under New...
