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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many people and businesses across the country. After a year has passed, many thriving businesses are now barely breaking even while struggling businesses have been closed permanently. This can leave both property owners and landlords in financial trouble, because a loss of tenants and rent may cause buildings to fall into disrepair. This problem can also cause remaining tenants to leave, having the owner losing even more money, and possibly [...]

Q: Can any board member place items on the meeting agenda? (C.B., via e-mail) A: This is one of those "chicken and egg" issues that has no clear answer. The statutes do not address it. Very few bylaws I have read address the issue. The bylaws I draft for clients typically allow a set number of directors (not less than one but usually less than a majority) to require that an issue be placed on [...]

Not your average game of patty-cake! Earlier this week, New York's First Department, Appellate Division issued its decision related to 200 Amsterdam,1 overturning the lower court's decision which would have required 200 Amsterdam to remove several floors of its building in order to comply with zoning. The lower court determined that the NYC Zoning Resolution did not permit a developer to utilize a portion of a tax lot to merge with a neighboring zoning lot. Known as the [...]