Since declaring a State of Emergency on March 7, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a number of Executive Orders providing protections for both commercial and residential...more
1/11/2021
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On October 20, 2020, in response to the continued health and economic hardships faced by New York business owners due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Cuomo signed a new executive order extending the Statewide moratorium on...more
10/23/2020
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On August 3, 2020, in Shelbourne BRF LLC, Shelbourne 677 LLC v. SR 677 BWAY LLC, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (the “Court”) granted the borrower plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and prohibited the...more
On August 5, 2020, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.55 (the “New Order”) to provide additional relief to renters impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and extended the time periods for certain other...more
8/11/2020
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Tenants
On June 2, 2020, in HH Mark Twain LP v. Acres Capital Servicing LLC, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (the “Court”) denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s “clogging” claim, thereby providing a...more