Dear Fellow New Yorkers, I hope this post finds you and your families safe and healthy. It's an unfortunate reality that COVID-19 has had a dramatic effect on our businesses and our lives. This insidious virus is ravaging the health of our communities, our communities and our very way of life. W...
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Disappointing Decision from the Court of Appeals on J-51 issues: Regina Metro
On April 2, 2020, New York's Court of Appeals, issued a 110 page decision in Matter of Regina Metro. Co. LLC v. DHCR. The long-awaited decision consolidated 3 other cases (Raden, Taylor, and Reich) that were pending, all of which dealt with deregulation and overcharge calculations in the J-51 con...
NYC Courts Open for Emergency Applications!
The team at Rozen Law Group hopes that you are all doing well during these incredibly challenging times and that you are taking the precautions needed to protect the safety of your family, health, and interests. Although the courts are closed to all non-emergency business through April 19, 2020,...
COVID-19 Closes Courts
Dear NYC Tenants: The unprecedented Coronavirus pandemic has created circumstances that New Yorkers and the country have never before faced. Rozen Law Group is committed to keeping NYC tenants apprised of changes and closures within our legal system that will affect you all. New York's O...
Judge rules tenant can look back further than 4 years to determine rent overcharge!
After motions were submitted and intense oral argument, on May 10, 2019, Rozen Law Group received a terrific and noteworthy decision from Judge Clifton A. Nembhard in East Side Realty, LLC v. Diane Weisman and John/Jane Doe, Index No. L&T 68829/18 (New York Co.). The decision was published in the...
Court Dismissed Failure to Renew Holdover!
Rozen Law Group is excited to share the decision it received from the Court in 125 Court Street LLC v. Yovel Badash, Index No. L&T 84472/18 (Kings Co.), which was published in the New York Law Journal (see link below). Judge Kevin McClanahan, granted the tenant's motion for summary judgment, fi...
Overcharge Class Action in the 1st Department!
In Maddicks v Big City Props., LLC, 2018 NY Slip Op 05523 (July 26, 2018), the Appellate Division First Department allowed a class action involving tenants to move forward. In the action, the tenants alleged that the landlords involved were receiving J-51 tax benefits from New York City, but fai...
Building Deemed Rent Stabilized!
Brownstones and small buildings all across Brooklyn are being classified as Rent Stabilized! For the past few years, the judges at Kings County Housing Court have repeatedly held that when a landlord takes a building and either legally, or illegally creates an additional unit so that the building...
RGB Approves Renewal Increases of 1.5% and 2.5%
City's Rent Board Approves Increases of 1.5% and 2.5% NYC's Rent Board meets yearly to determine how much, if at all, landlords can raise the rents on almost a million rent stabilized apartments. This year, the board voted to charge increases of up to 1.5 percent for one-year leases and 2.5 pe...
RLG's Reaction to: "The Right to Counsel is an Important Victory"
The Right to Counsel is an Important Victory Susanna Blankley is the coordinator of the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition. Her article, "The Right to Counsel is an Important Victory" is an articulate and accurate description of the right-to-counsel movement. In her article, Ms. Blankley categoriz...