Rent Regulation and Administrative Law Division

BurgherGray’s premier Rent Regulation and Administrative Law Division is a leader in the rent regulatory real estate industry providing in-depth knowledge and expertise representing clients in judicial, transactional, and administrative proceedings. By navigating clients through the complex web of Rent Stabilization laws, Emergency Tenant Protection Regulations, Emergency Housing Rent Control Regulations, and Good Cause Eviction laws, BurgherGray has served as a reputable and reliable source for property owners, managing agents, brokers, lenders, and developers of multi-family residential properties.

REPUTABLE AND RELIABLE LEGAL SERVICES

Due Diligence – Advising Buyers, Sellers, Property Owners, and Lenders with Expertise

At BurgherGray, the goals and interests of our clients remain protected by conducting complete and comprehensive due diligence services of multi-family residential properties located in New York City, and the following counties, Nassau; Rockland; Westchester; and Ulster.  With a track record of excellence and success, our due diligence service is perfectly tailored to the interests of each client.

The attorneys at BurgherGray have completed a wide variety of due diligence, which include:

• Conducting a rental analysis of a multi-family residential property to determine potential overcharge risk and exposure;
• Providing apartment deregulation determinations;
• Reviewing and providing an opinion on substantial rehabilitation projects;
• Conducting reviews of multi-family properties receiving tax benefit and potential  implications;
• Single Room Occupancies and Class B reviews;
• Providing rent analyses to assist litigators in complex litigation; and
• Providing timely determinations and information concerning a transaction in order to protect a client’s investment.

Partner and Chair of the Rent Regulatory and Administrative Law Division, Samuel Marchese, is continuously contacted to utilize the unique and extraordinary approach of analyzing judicial decisions and evolving rent regulatory laws immediately to each client’s legal matter.  Through his dedication and drive, he has been quoted in the New York Times and other publications to provide opinions on rent regulatory topics.

The key attributes that lead to the success of the BurgherGray Rent Regulatory and Administrative Law Division is that clients are provided with an experience of receiving:

• unwavering responsiveness;
• superb analytical thinking;
• compassion for a client’s concerns, interests, and goals;
• extraordinary time management;
• an excellent ability to educate and explain the nuances and intricacies of the rent regulatory environment and its impact on a transaction, administrative, or judicial proceeding.

In addition, our seasoned attorneys are fully apprised of each legal issue that a client can face, and are able to present a fully-detailed analysis so that a client is in a position to make a well informed decision.  The success of the Rent Regulatory and Administrative Law Division has instilled unmatched confidence and trust in our clients to know that BurgherGray is the premier law firm to handle rent regulatory and administrative legal matters.

Additional Services – Rent Regulation and Administrative Law

Other than performing unparalleled due diligence services, the Rent Regulatory and Administrative Law Division’s expertise expands to representing clients both affirmatively and defensively in the following proceedings:

• Litigation before DHCR, Mandamus Proceedings, Article 78 litigation, and Appellate Litigation;
• Proceedings before DHCR:
  • Administrative Determination Proceedings concerning Regulatory Status
  • Rent Overcharge Proceedings
  • Substantial Rehabilitation Applications
  • Petition for Administrative Review
  • Request for Reconsideration
  • Application to Restore Rent
  • Historical High Rent Vacancy Deregulation
  • Historical High Rent/High Income Deregulation
  • Reduction in Required Services
  • Rent Registration preparation and filing
  • Maximum Base Rent Applications
  • Fair Market Rent Appeals
  • Major Capital Improvement Applications
  • Harassment Proceedings
  • Non-Compliance Proceedings
  • Enforcement Hearings
  • Tenant Protection Unit Audits – Both Apartment and Building-Wide
  • Leasing
  • Succession Proceedings
  • Notices Regarding Delinquent Registration Filings
  • Failure to Renew Proceeding
• Advising, Consulting, and Representation
  • Local Law 97
  • Good Cause Eviction
  • Tax Benefits (421-a, 421-16(a), 421-g, 485-x, 467-m)
  • Preferential Rents – Rent Calculation Issues, 421-a Issues, Order Reducing Rent Issues
  • Certificates of No Harassment
  • Loft Law/Rent Stabilization
  • Bankruptcy
  • Horizontal Multiple Dwelling
  • Illusory Tenancy
  • Subletting, Assigning, and Abandonment
  • Security Deposits
  • Anti-Harassment
  • Fees
  • DRIE/SCRIE Benefits
  • Surcharges
  • Eviction
  • Window Guards

BURGHERGRAY: WHERE PARTNER INVOLVEMENT IS UNMATCHED

BurgherGray prides itself on forming direct relationships and partnerships with clients.  Clients are provided with an excellent opportunity to work along with Partners directly on their matters.  For each matter, Partners are attentive to a client’s case; provide constant updates and are consistently responsive to client correspondence; are available at a client’s convenience to meet in-person or virtually to discuss the pending legal matter; and produce high-quality work product with associate assistance.

At BugherGray, a client can rest assure that their interests will be fully tended to by a Partner who has a successful track record, possesses expertise concerning rent regulation and administrative legal matters, is fully responsive and attentive to all forms of client communication, and who is compassionate to both a client’s personal and professional interests and goals.

The Rent Regulatory and Administrative Law Division’s intent is not only to provide high quality representation, but also to, fully tend to the needs of our clients by providing trustworthy and reliable referrals.

BURGHERGRAY IS THE CHOICE FOR RENT REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW REPRESENTATION

The attorneys of the Rent Regulatory and Administrative Law Division are leading experts that are sought after to provide specialized representation in New York City Real Estate matters.  Due to our expertise and experience, our clientele ranges from small property owners to large property owners; from borrowers to lenders; developers; tenants; managing agents; brokers; and single-family homeowners.  This diversity has permitted the growth of each of the Division’s attorneys to fully-understand each client’s needs, goals, and interests to properly tailor each approach.

Those in New York City facing legal issues involving rent regulation and administrative law do not have to solve this rubrics cube on their own.  Our attorneys are able to guide a client through these issues in a non-stressful atmosphere based on reliability and trust.  For more information, please do not hesitate to call your BurgherGray contact or Samuel Marchese, Partner and Chair of the Rent Regulatory and Administrative Law Division at [email protected] or (201) 783-9797.