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Noteworthy Publications and Media Coverage

Authored Articles

• American Bar Association, Co-Author, “Enforcing Oral Commercial Leases in a Post-COVID-19 World,” September 8, 2022
• Law360, Co-Author, “Courts are Mimicking Delaware's Approach to Ultra Vires Acts,” August 29, 2022
• New York Law Journal, Co-Author, “COVID-19 Defenses Two Years Later: The Aftermath,” July 13, 2022
• Real Estate Weekly, Author, “What Landlords and Tenants Need to Know About Security Deposit Laws,” April 2, 2021
• New York Law Journal, Author, “Major COVID-19 Force Majeure Legal Developments,” October 9, 2020
• The Cooperator, Author, “New York Gyms & Fitness Centers Cleared to Reopen, but Questions of Liability Remain for Co-ops & Condos,” October 2020
• Law360, Author, “Recent Months Have Muddled Covid-19 Force Majeure Law,” August 20, 2020
• Law360, Author, “NY Property Case Presents Sea Change for Oral Contracts,” July 28, 2020
• New York Law Journal, Author, “COVID-19 Relief Legislation Tests Constitutional Limits,” May 26, 2020
• Law360, Author, “NYC COVID-19 Lease Guarantee Law May be Unconstitutional,” May 26, 2020
• New York Law Journal, Author, “Regina Decision Nixes HSTPA’s Rent Overcharge Retroactivity,” April 8, 2020
• Law360, Author, “COVID-19 May Shape NY Business Interruption Insurance Law,” April 7, 2020
• New York Law Journal, Author, “Contractual Nonperformance in the Wake of COVID-19,” April 1, 2020
• New York Law Journal, Co-Author, “NYC Nonpayment Proceedings Post-HSTPA: From ‘Good Cause’ to ‘Extreme Hardship,’” March 4, 2020
• New York Law Journal, Author, “Sweeping Reforms to Rent Overcharge Under New Rent Laws,” December 13, 2019
• New York Law Journal, Author, “Can New Rent Laws Pass Constitutional Muster?” October 2, 2019
• New York Law Journal, Author, “The Lawyer Who Investigated a Tourist Takeover of an NYC Condo,” July 18, 2019
• New York Law Journal, Author, “New Rent Laws Abrogate No-Mitigation Rule in Residential Leases,” July 12, 2019
• New York Law Journal, Author, “Bye-bye ‘Yellowstone’?” May 16, 2019
• Real Estate Weekly, Author, “TIC for tat: Court moves the goal posts in co-tenancy rules,” March 1, 2018
• Real Estate Weekly, Author, “How to Navigate HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program,” November 1, 2017
• Real Estate Weekly, Author, “Finding Individual Liability for Sponsor’s Principals and Sponsor’s Waiver of the Notice Requirement Under the Offering Plan,” February 4, 2015

Media Commentary & Interviews

• New Jersey Law Journal, Quoted, “Appellate Division Reverses $542K Judgment for Landlord in Battle Over Unpaid Commercial Rent During COVID Shutdown,” April 10, 2023
• Law360, Quoted, “NY Real Estate Regulation and Legislation to Watch in 2021,” January 3, 2021
• Wall Street Journal, Quoted, “Security Guards Flooding New York After Looting Binge,” June 3, 2020
• New York Post, Quoted, “Coronavirus Lockdown Rules Turn Co-Op Buildings Into Fortresses,” April 15, 2020
• CBS News, Featured, “Coronavirus Update: Property Managers Turn To Court System To Deal With Residents Who Throw Parties, Ignoring Social Distancing Rules,” April 15, 2020
• New York Post, Quoted, “Musician Michael Seltzer Accused of Entertaining Guests Despite NYC Lockdown,” April 10, 2020
• Univision, Quoted, “Feds investigate Section 8 landlords for exposing NYC families to lead,” February 3, 2020
• Wall Street Journal, Quoted, “New York Evictions Are Plunging Under New Rent Control Law,” November 26, 2019
• CBS News, Featured, “What To Do About Illegal Short-Term Rentals In NYC During The Holidays,” November 14, 2019
• New York Post, Quoted, “Radon in West Village Apartment Led to Cancer Death of Cat and Four Dogs,” October 26, 2019
• Wall Street Journal, Quoted, “Inside the Luxury Condo Tower That New York Says Was a Hotbed of Illegal Airbnb Rentals,” June 9, 2019
• CBS News, Featured, “Tenants Fighting Back Against Illegal Airbnb Rentals Taking Over NYC Apartment Buildings,” May 17, 2019
• New York Post, Quoted, “Hell's Kitchen Residents Rebelling Against Condo's Boss,” November 11, 2018
• Wall Street Journal, Quoted, “New York City Raids Condo Building in Crackdown on Airbnb Rentals,” November 11, 2018