Dead Men Don't Pay
As a landlord (especially in a Cooperative), you want to make sure maintenance is timely paid, as the build...
Advice on Consent: Holding a Landlord Liable on a Lien Filed for Tenant Work
One who furnishes work, labor, or services in the improvement of real property may file a mechanic’s lien f...
New Requirements Regarding Stove Knobs
Effective December 12, 2018, per Local Law 117 of the City of New York, the owner of a unit in a multiple d...
Filing Proof Of Service — No Wiggle Room
When a subcontractor files a mechanic’s lien, it encumbers someone else’s property and imposes a significan...
Careful What You Ask For
Working for the City of New York can sometimes feel like a stroll through a minefield.
Women-Owned Business Enterprise Loses “WBE” Certification Where Brothers Perform Important Functions Of The Business
In 1995, J.C. Smith, Inc. was certified by the State of New York as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (“WBE...
Liening for Unbilled Work and Unsigned Change Orders
The Appellate Division both giveth and taketh away—upholding a contractor’s right to file a mechanic’s lien...
In A Class of One’s Own
The New York Lien Law provides, in Article 3A, that money received from a project owner by a general contra...