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New York Legislature Targets Real Estate Lenders To Lower Rents

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In an effort to protect small businesses from high rents, on June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that prohibits "rent minimums" in real estate secured loan documents. As of this writing, this...more

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Federal Court: New York City COVID-19 Guaranty Law Unconstitutional

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On March 31, 2023, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams of the Southern District of New York issued her highly anticipated ruling in the latest iteration of Melendez et al v. The City of New York, et al. Judge Abrams granted...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

New York City’s “Guaranty Law” is Held to be Unconstitutional and Unenforceable

In a highly-anticipated decision, Judge Ronnie Abrams of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on March 31, 2023, in Melendez v. City of New York, that New York City's Guaranty Law is...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

The Constitutionality of New York City’s “Guaranty Law” Remains in Question After Decision by the Second Circuit

For those interested in knowing whether the New York City “Guaranty Law,” which was enacted by the City Council in May 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, will survive a challenge to its constitutionality, the wait...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Commercial Division Dismisses Commercial Tenant’s Complaint Seeking to Rescind or Terminate Lease and Avoid Rent Obligations

Recently, in Valentino U.S.A., Inc. v. 693 Fifth Owner LLC, Justice Andrew Borrok of the New York County Commercial Division dismissed a complaint brought by Valentino U.S.A., Inc. (“Valentino” or “Tenant”), which sought to...more

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Executive Order 202.70 Extends Moratorium on New York Commercial Evictions and Mortgage Foreclosures to January 2021

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On October 20, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.70, which continued through January 1, 2021 the moratorium on initiating a proceeding or enforcement of (a) an eviction of any commercial tenant...more

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New Rent Reduction Laws Proposed in New York May Be Better for Landlords, But May Still Be Challenged

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As discussed in prior updates, lawmakers in New York previously introduced bills that would, if enacted, temporarily suspend rent payments for certain residential and small business commercial tenants unable to pay rent due...more

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Considerations for Landlord-Tenant Lease Modifications in Response to COVID-19

The current health, social and economic conditions related to the coronavirus pandemic are exerting tremendous pressures on contractual relationships between commercial concerns, not the least of which is the landlord-tenant...more

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