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• Businesses Must Prepare for the Recent Amendments of the New York Power of Attorney Statute

  11/10/2020 | By: Jay L. Hack, Esq.|GDB 2020 Fall Newsletter

  New York has recently amended its power of attorney (POA) statute, which should be effective in 2021. All businesses in New York that receive POAs must accept them unless they have a good reason not to. Businesses are advised to adopt procedures to ensure that they only accept POAs that provide maximum protection from liability and that they properly reject those that do not.

• Is Your Building Clean?

  11/10/2020 | By: Morrell I. Berkowitz, Esq.| GDB 2020 Fall Newsletter

  As we are approaching the end of 2020, boards, managing agents, and owners should ensure that they are in compliance with Local Law 87, which requires, among other things, “energy audits” and “retro-commissioning of base building systems” that affect virtually every apartment building in New York City, whether a cooperative, condominium or rental.  This ordinance has broad-ranging requirements affecting every significant building system, specific reporting requirements, and financial penalties for failure to comply.

• How Best to Hold a Virtual Annual Meeting - DLB Partners Quoted in the Cooperator

  11/18/2020 | The Cooperator

  For our co-op and condo clients that find themselves in the middle of the annual meeting season, two of our partners, David L. Berkey and Scott M. Smiler, were recently quoted in this month’s Cooperator discussing how best to hold a virtual annual meeting. 

  For a quick refresher, please read Virtual Governance: How Co-ops & Condos Hold Meetings Distantly. 

• If Your Neighbor Gets COVID-19, Does Your Landlord Have To Tell You?

  4/20/2020 | Gothamist

  GDB's head of the Cooperative and Condominium Law practice area, David L. Berkey, Esq. quoted in Gothamist's article, If Your Neighbor Gets COVID-19, Does Your Landlord Have To Tell You?

• GDB partner Jay L. Hack, Esq. presented multiple seminars regarding the SBA's PPP Loan Program

  11/10/2020

  In April and May, GDB partner Jay L. Hack, Esq. presented multiple seminars regarding the SBA's PPP Loan Program to the New York State Bar Association, the New York Association of Realty Managers, the New York Psychologists' Association, and the Minnesota Association of Family Therapists.

• In October, GDB partner Jay L. Hack, Esq. was appointed to the New York State Bar Association Covid 19 Immunity and Liability Task Force.

  11/10/2020

• GDB Law Practical Guides: Asset Protection for Doctors

  08/17/2020

  There is no risk to bring a lawsuit against a doctor on contingency, and patients are incentivized to sue because doctors are viewed as “deep pockets.” Doctors who engage in asset protection before the threat from the patient are in a more favorable position to retain their assets.

• GDB Law Practical Guides: Asset Protection for Real Estate Investors, Builders and Landlords

  08/17/2020

  Ownership of real estate carries with it the threat of litigation from tenants, guests or even passers-by. Considering the risks, property owners should and can take steps to protect their assets from potential plaintiffs by employing various asset protection strategies.

• Attorneys Jay Hack and David Azrin answer questions about unemployment and small businesses on News 12

  5/26/2020 | By: David T. Azrin, Esq.| Jay L. Hack, Esq.

  GDB attorneys joined News 12's Elizabeth Hashagen to answer questions about unemployment, small businesses, and going back to work.
   

• Habitat LIVE: Will the Paycheck Protection Program Help Your Coop/Condo Association?

  4/3/2020 | Habitat Magazine

  Please see GDB's David L. Berkey, Esq. discussing how the Paycheck Protection Program can help your co-op/condo association on Habitat Magazine's YouTube channel.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB2YO0_8Yaw#action=share