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Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991), commonly known as the Ghostbusters ruling, was a case in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.The court held that a house, which the owner had previously advertised as haunted by ghosts, was legally haunted for the purpose of an action for rescission brought by a subsequent purchaser of the house.
A 1900 issue of the Real Estate Record and Guide quoted the elevators as carrying 18,000 people per day, while the building had an average of 6,000 people during peak work hours. [35] Profits from the Bowling Green Offices Building went toward funding Yaddo , the artists' community in Saratoga Springs, New York , that had been founded by Trask.
Witkoff subsequently practiced real estate law at the New York City law firm Rosenman & Colin, through 1986. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In 1985, he co-founded Stellar Management, partnering with fellow Dreyer & Traub real estate attorney Larry Gluck ; "Stellar" is a reference to Ste ve and Lar ry; switching their careers from the practice of law to owning ...
In 1920, New York adopted the Emergency Rent Laws, which effectively charged the courts of New York State with their administration. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] The rent laws were the result of a series of widespread rent strikes in New York City from 1918 to 1920 that had been sparked by a World War 1 housing shortage, and the subsequent land ...
The Center for Real Estate Studies at New York Law School provides students with an opportunity to study both the private practice and public regulation of real estate. Launched in 2007, the center offers an extensive selection of classroom courses, advanced seminars, and independent study projects, as well as externships in governmental ...
The property is quickly resold after making few, or only cosmetic, improvements. Illegal property flipping often involves collusion between a real estate appraiser, a mortgage originator and a closing agent. The cooperation of a real estate appraiser is necessary to get a false, artificially inflated appraisal report.
In 1869, Goldman Sachs was founded by Marcus Goldman in New York City in a one-room basement office next to a coal chute. [6] [7] [8] In 1882, Goldman's son-in-law Samuel Sachs joined the firm.
LeFrak was born in 1945 to a Jewish family [2] in New York City, one of four children of Ethel Stone and real estate developer Samuel J. LeFrak. [3] [4] LeFrak received a B.A. and graduated cum laude from Amherst College. LeFrak also holds a J.D. from Columbia University. In 1998, LeFrak received an honorary doctorate degree from Amherst ...