Garafalo was the president of the Orange County Association of Realtors in 2011 and the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors in 2019.
One bill establishes the New York State first home savings program to allow first-time homebuyers to open saving accounts that would be eligible for personal income deductions.
The public-private partnership between the City of New Rochelle, State of New York and New York-based development firm Twining Properties will reimagine a former industrial brownfield site along the Long Island Sound.
Local Law 31 also includes a five-year testing requirement, meaning that all residential building owners in NYC must have all dwelling units inspected for lead paint by Aug. 9, 2025.
Recently, the decision in Stromberg v East River Housing Corp. brings to light some of the issues that exist with regard to the co-op approval process and the restrictions that burden purchasers and sellers in co-op transactions.
After 400 articles about everything from usury to the metaverse and even artificial intelligence, the legal issues in real estate will always keep us on our toes. We'll be ready to report on what you need to know.
The real estate industry was dealt a major blow when a Missouri jury issued a $5-billion verdict ... and the industry and the defendants did not expect this result.
On Sept. 22, 2023, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed critical legislation amending Sections 262, 265 and 267 of New
It is disheartening, but this column yet again has to address the very real threats that cyber-attacks and ransomware incidents
Over the years, this column has reviewed various court decisions issued by New York courts on the doctrine of “Caveat
In June, both the New York State Assembly and Senate approved passage of the Limited Liability Company Transparency Act [see
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is certainly the new “new frontier” filled with all the promise and all the dangers that customarily
The Banking Crisis, Commercial Real Estate, the Debt Ceiling, Fears of Recession In January and February, the stock market had
Various state and federal court decisions have been issued recently impacting the real estate industry. At the federal level, two
On Jan. 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule (see https://bit.ly/3T5ixuM] (“Notice of Proposed
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