We currently write a column in the Building and Realty Institute of
Westchester & The Mid-Hudson Region's bi-monthly Newspaper, IMPACT.
Below are copies of the newspaper, provided with permission by
the Building and Realty Institute.
January 2010 - Kent Manor – An Analysis of the “Vested Rights Issue”
October 2009 - Reasonable Modifications Under the Fair Housing Act
July/August 2009 - Court Approves Cooperative Alteration Agreement Requiring Shareholder to Pay Cooperative Costs
April/May 2009 - Court Denies Parking Space to Shareholder, Claiming Need as an Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act
October/Novemeber 2008 - Recent Contract Cases Uphold the Caveat Emptor Rule in New York State – Let the Buyer Beware!
September 2008 - Ruling States That a Landlord Is Not Required to Mitigate Damages For Residential Lease Breaches
March/April 2008 - Reviewing Access to a Co-op’s Or Condo’s Books and Records
November 2007 - Appellate Court Permits Money Judgment in Summary Proceeding Without “Personal” Service Process on Tenant
July/August 2007 - Condominium and Cooperative Opinions Regarding a Unit Owner’s Right to Examine Books and Records
May/June 2007 - Reviewing the Ramifications of "Succession Rights" to Owners
April 2007 - Reviewing the Ramifications of Succession Rights to Local Owners
February/March 2007 - Immediate Action Is a Must When Addressing Issues Related to Mold
December 2006/January 2007 - Arbitration and How to Deal With Union/Employee Issues
November 2006 - What a Co-op, Condo or Landlord Can Do About Smokers
October 2006 - Terminating An Employee—Reviewing The Steps
March/April 2006 - Unsold Shares – The Law Reversed…and New Problems
January/February 2006 - Landlords Beware….Or Another Lease Renewal Problem
November/December 2005 - Section 8 Revisited Once Again and Again
October 2005 - Court Permits Discrimination Claim Against Co-op to Proceed
July/August 2005 - On the Residential Hybrid Known as the "Cond-Op"
June 2005 - Supreme Court Upholds a City's Right To Take Property Through Eminent Domain
April/May 2005 - When Is 10 Days Not 10 Days?
March 2005 - The Landlord's Quandary Upon Tenants' Failures To Renew Leases
January/February 2005 - Let The Board Make The Decision - More Pullman
December 2004 - A Complain Has Been Filed Charging You With Discrimination...
September/October 2004 - Pullman Revisited - Examining an Important Realty Ruling
January/February 2004 - Pullman and the Business Judgement Rule: Don't Forget to Go to Court
October/November 2003 - A Landlord's Answer to Repeated Non-Payment by a Tenant
May/June 2003 - Price as a Consideration in Cooperative Applications
November 2001 - Shareholder Tenants and Holders of Unsold Shares - The Turning Tide