We represent owners, boards, and managing agents in Housing Court and beyond — nonpayment and holdover proceedings, succession and illegal-sublet cases, and the regulatory questions that come with rent-stabilized and rent-controlled units. We also advise boards on the line between a shareholder dispute and a landlord-tenant matter, which is rarely obvious and often decides where the case is heard.
Most of this work runs through the New York City Housing Court and its counterparts in the surrounding counties. We handle nonpayment proceedings to collect rent and maintenance, holdovers to recover possession, and the defenses and counterclaims tenants raise along the way, and we know how these cases move so they don't stall on technicalities.
The regulatory overlay is where landlord-tenant matters get complicated. Rent stabilization, succession rights, illegal sublets and overcharge claims, and the procedural rules introduced by recent reforms all shape what an owner can do and how. We stay current on these changes and advise clients on compliance before a dispute starts, not only after.
For our cooperative and condominium clients, we sort out the recurring question of whether a problem is a landlord-tenant matter, a shareholder dispute under the proprietary lease, or both — a distinction that determines the right forum and the right strategy. Getting that call right at the outset saves clients time and cost.