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Landlord wins legal fight with tenants over J-51 rent overcharges

REW March 22, 2023 March 22, 2023

by REWMarch 22, 2023March 22, 20234010

Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. has secured an important victory in the Court of Appeals, which unanimously held that the Appellate Division, First Department, incorrectly ruled that property owner William Koeppel fraudulently increased rents on 72 apartments at 350 East 52nd Street in Turtle Bay, a 15-story, 137-unit apartment property also...

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Criminal charges filed in 2019 fatal facade at 729 Seventh Avenue

REW December 26, 2021 December 26, 2021

by REWDecember 26, 2021December 26, 20216201

The Department of Buildings today announced that the corporate owners of 729 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, where a woman was fatally struck by a piece of falling decorative terra cotta façade in December 2019, were charged with violations of the Administrative Code in Manhattan Criminal Court. The criminal court summons...

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Women win $1.5M sex harass claim against construction company

REW July 13, 2020 July 13, 2020

by REWJuly 13, 2020July 13, 20206438

Mostly Black female employees at Trade Off were harassed by managers demanding sexual acts for pay and overtime opportunities.

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Employers want government to protect them from COVID lawsuits

REW May 12, 2020 May 12, 2020

by REWMay 12, 2020May 12, 20206096

Until there is a vaccine, staff who contract the virus at work could sue and send even more firms into bankruptcy, says ABLI

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Stuyvesant Town tenants file lawsuit against Blackstone

REW March 11, 2020 March 11, 2020

by REWMarch 11, 2020March 11, 20209157

By Maria Rocha-Buschel The Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association filed a lawsuit against property owner Blackstone last week in response to an attempt to deregulate more than 6,000 apartments. Blackstone is attempting to deregulate units that are currently under the J-51 tax exemption, which expires at the end of...

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DOB stands by supertall decision

Sabina Mollot March 3, 2020 March 3, 2020

by Sabina MollotMarch 3, 2020March 3, 20206907

Developers SJP and Mitsui Fudosan are cheering a decision by the city to appeal a court decision to chop the top 20 stories off of their Upper West Side luxury tower, 200 Amsterdam. The decision came after a judge last month sided with neighbors opposed to the skyscraper who accused...

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NYCHA residents sue city for making them live in unlivable conditions

REW February 26, 2020 February 26, 2020

by REWFebruary 26, 2020February 26, 20209557

The complaint cites a NYCHA tenant who compared city-owned residential housing to “a third-world country,"

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Landlord ordered to pay graffiti artists nearly $7M for destroying work

REW February 26, 2020 February 26, 2020

by REWFebruary 26, 2020February 26, 202011285

By Sabina Mollot A landlord who whitewashed graffiti art off his Long Island City property has lost his appeal to pay the artists $6.7.5 million in damages. But Jerry Wolkoff says he may take the case to the appeals court, claiming he thought what he did was “the humane thing...

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421a Builder pays back wages to workers

REW December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019

by REWDecember 18, 2019December 18, 20197174

Attorney General Letitia James, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, and 32BJ SEIU President Kyle Bragg distrubute owed wages to cheated employees.

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Owners sue over new rent regulations

Sabina Mollot July 16, 2019 July 16, 2019

by Sabina MollotJuly 16, 2019July 16, 20196673

Seven New York landlords have joined the Rent Stabilization Association and Community Home Improvement Program to sue over regulations they claim are ‟unconstitutional.”