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Exit Strategies for Commercial Leases [2010]
Joshua Stein will chair a discussion on exit strategies for commercial leases, as part of the New York State Bar Association's advanced seminar on commercial leasing to be held September 13, 2010, in New York City. Click to see the program brochure.

NY Law Requires Owners to Disclose Air Contamination Reports [2009]
If a property owner learns about certain environmental contamination on the property, the owner may need to notify tenants of the building. Larry Schnapf and Joshua Stein explained the new legislation in this article.

Usury Chapter - Stein on NY Commercial Mortgage Transactions [2008]
Joshua Stein summarized New York usury law in an article published by the New York State Bar Association several years ago. That article was updated and became Chapter 2 of "Stein on New York Commercial Mortgage Transactions," published by LexisNexis and last updated in 2008. To read that chapter, click anywhere on this paragraph.

New York's Final Lawyer Advertising Rules [2007]
New York's Office of Court Administration issued final (revised) lawyer advertising rules in January 2007 -- much improved from the draft rules released in Summer 2006. This article compares the draft and the final rules, at least as they relate to email and websites.

New York's Limited Liability Company Law Takes A Big Step In The Wrong Direction [2006]
The New York State Legislature took a bad law and tried to make it even worse. (After this article was written, the Legislature partly changed its mind.)

Allonges Under New York UCC [2006]
For any loan assignment, the parties usually sign an "allonge" on a separate piece of paper and throw it into a closing file. This practice may not make the assignee the "holder" of the loan and may create totally preventable legal issues down the road. In this article, Larry Safran and Joshua Stein explain why.

A Wish List for New York Real Estate Law [2005]
A dozen easy ways to improve and simplify New York real estate law, primarily for lending and leasing.

Confusury Unraveled - New York Lenders Face Usury Risks in Atypical or Small Transactions [2001]
New York usury law consists mostly of exemptions. But it also imposes huge penalties for the occasional usurious transaction that manages not to qualify for any exemption.

Defeasance - Now a Viable Option in New York State [2000]
How "defeasance" works, and how it works in New York despite New York's panoply of taxes on commercial real estate transactions.

Nuggets of New York Commercial Mortgage Law and Practice - A to Z [2000]
A miscellaneous collection of things that New York commercial mortgage lenders need to know.

A Simple Proposal to Simplify New York Mortgage Recording Tax [1997]
An overview of how New York's mortgage recording tax works, why it causes so much trouble, how the State could easily simplify it, and some other thoughts on the mortgage recording tax.