DCA Ruled Wrong on Posting Tenants’ Rights Sign

The Department of Consumer affairs charged a real estate broker with failing to post a sign alerting tenants of their rights. Arash Real Estate & Management Co is a residential and real estate broker located in Queens. In January 2013 the Department of Consumer Affairs charged Arash with violating the City Administrative Code by failing to post signs advising tenants of their rights to one free tenant screening report annually from each consumer reporting … <Read More>


Appellate Division Finds Architect Not Liable For Damages In Church Renovation

The suit was brought by owners of a neighboring building that was damaged in the course of renovating the church.  In 2001, the Church of God of St. Albans in Queens Village, Queens hired Harold Gebhard as design architect for a renovation of the church.  The project involved demolishing part of the existing church structure and replacing it with a new building.  During excavation of the building site in 2009, the neighboring building at 223-05 … <Read More>