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On September 2, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a new moratorium on evictions and foreclosures for residential tenants and small businesses.  Recently, in the case Chrysafis v. Marks, the U.S. Supreme Court enjoined the enforcement of the previous residential moratorium in New York (which expired August 31), finding that the tenant's ability to self-declare financial hardship while precluding a landlord from contesting that declaration violated the landlord's due process rights.  Additionally, in [...]

With COVID-19 cases continuing to stay high and hospitals at or above capacity we may soon see the return of a full or partial lockdown.  That means that businesses will again be struggling to make ends meet and bankruptcy filings may be on the rise.  Some important changes were made to the bankruptcy code at the end of 2020 when Congress signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the "Act") to provide much [...]

Represented developer in the purchase of a construction company's storage yard for use in a planned residential redevelopment a block from the main commercial artery through Simsbury, CT. The project is a 175-unit multifamily development with 10 percent of the units designated for affordable rents, with walking trails connecting to the Rails to Trails Greenway path on town-owned land. The firm provided end-to-end support on the transaction beginning with the execution of a purchase contract, [...]