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One proposal would elevate squatting to a criminal misdemeanor punishable by 90 days in jail, while also giving landlords an extra two weeks to prove, prior to launching an eviction proceeding, that the occupant is trespassing.

The New York State moratorium on evictions for both nonpayment of rent and holdover summary proceedings will be lifted on September 1, 2021.Nonpayment of rent and holdover proceeding cases have been filed with the courts even while the eviction process has been on pause since March 2020. Starting September 1, 2021, these cases are now eligible to go to court and non-paying residential and commercial tenants facing financial or health hardships related to COVID-19 will no longer be shielded from eviction. The Price Law Firm and our landlord-tenant litigation experts haven’t stopped fighting for our clients since the beginning of the pandemic. Call us at (212) 675-1125 or request a free consultation online.

The Price Law Firm struck a blow today for tenants’ rights and individual liberty by defeating a landlord’s attempt to obtain a permanent injunction that would have prevented a forty year rent stabilized tenant (and smoker) from continuing to smoke in her apartment. The decision drew the attention of The New York Post article entitled, ‘Chain-smoking’ NYC tenant can keep puffing in apartment: judge :

The Price Law Firm LLC prevailed today in an appeal before the Appellate Division, First Department that has affirmed an important principle of law – no non-broker can receive a commission for performing brokerage services in respect of the sale of real property. This principle of law exists to ensure that members of the public are only represented by licensed real estate brokers who are qualified to provide brokerage services.

The Price Law Firm LLC prevailed in an appeal before the Appellate Division, First Department that has settled a controversy over the interpretation of New York Business Corporation Law 909(a) on December 12, 2018. This section of the BCL exists to protect minority shareholders from a situation where a corporation divests itself of its only asset without holding a shareholder meeting to permit the input and vote of the minority shareholders. In plain English the corporation cannot divest itself of its sole asset without calling for a vote and taking one.