Founding partner Sherwin Belkin was featured in a January, 2023 Quarterly Market Update webinar on numerous issues affecting New York City multifamily housing presented by Marcus & Millichap, which can be accessed here. Mr. Belkin was quoted in a January 20 article in The Real Deal that reported on a Court decision reinstating a tenant’s overcharge complaint in a building receiving 421-a abatement benefits, and in a February 23 article in the same publication about an unintended consequence of the HSTPA—illegal tenant pied-a-terres. Mr. Belkin was also quoted in a March 6 article in brickunderground.com discussing the new City law regulating AirBnB-type transient use of apartments, and how building owners can register to prohibit them, in a March 16 article in The City, critiquing proposed “good cause eviction” legislation, and in the “Ask Real Estate” feature in The New York Times Sunday Real Estate section on March 19, regarding an owner’s remedies involving a non-paying tenant:
Mr. Belkin and Aaron Shmulewitz, head of the Firm’s co-op/condo practice, jointly presented a webinar hosted by AKAM Associates on March 8 regarding new New York City Local Law 18 regulating AirBnB-type transient use of apartments; the webinar can be accessed here.
Litigation Department partner Matthew S. Brett was quoted in a December 27 article in The Real Deal, and in a January 3 article in law360.com, with regard to a lawsuit brought by BBG on behalf of Kingston property owners to challenge the proposed imposition of rent stabilization in that city, and a concomitant rent reduction.