Recent News - Erez Glambosky


Glambosky, Honig and Mascia Secure Series of Appellate Victories
January 8, 2024 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Appeals

Rivkin Radler’s expertise was on full display in a series of appellate victories on behalf of a commercial real estate client.

The team of Erez Glambosky, Jeremy Honig and Henry Mascia worked on behalf of a client, a commercial tenant operating a parking garage in Manhattan. The client faced an onslaught of eviction attempts by

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Honig, Glambosky and Roberts Achieve Win for Landlord Client
June 26, 2023 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

In a fiercely contested real estate litigation dispute, Jeremy B. Honig, Erez Glambosky, and Ryan Roberts secured summary judgment for their client, a commercial landlord, for almost $200,000 in unpaid rent. By written decision, dated June 6, 2023, Justice Arlene Bluth granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in the entirety, awarding $192,747.88 in unpaid rent,

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Glambosky & Meisel Secure Multimillion-Dollar Judgment for Landlord
December 7, 2021 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Commercial Litigation

Erez Glambosky and Matthew Meisel were successful in obtaining both a substantial judgment and sweeping relief on their motion for summary judgment on behalf of Rivkin Radler’s landlord client.

In the case, CA 522 Fulton LLC v Science Language & Arts, Index No. 652477/2021, the landlord, CA 522 Fulton LLC (“CA 522”), commenced an action

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Rivkin Radler Delivers Victory for Landlord in COVID-Related Dispute
August 4, 2021 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Erez Glambosky, Jeremy Honig, Mark Antar and Matt Meisel won reargument and summary judgment against a guarantor of a commercial lease, successfully persuading the Brooklyn Supreme Court to reverse itself, acknowledge its prior error in interpreting a new COVID-related provision of the NYC Administrative Code, and agree with Rivkin Radler’s interpretation of the law.

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Glambosky and Meisel Defeat Tenant’s Illegal Lockout Claim
October 23, 2020 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

In a hotly contested proceeding in New York County Landlord-Tenant Court, wherein our landlord client was facing potential liability for treble damages and an order directing restoration of possession to the tenant, Erez Glambosky and Matthew Meisel successfully persuaded the Court to dismiss the tenant’s petition, with prejudice, and grant a judgment in favor of

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Honig, Glambosky and Korman Successful on Appeal
August 27, 2020 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Appeals

In a highly publicized matter, Jeremy Honig, Erez Glambosky and Cheryl Korman, on behalf of their client, a neighborhood coalition, successfully persuaded the Appellate Division, First Department, to reverse the lower court and order a full hearing on whether a building in midtown Manhattan can be safely opened and operated as a homeless shelter.

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Glambosky On Webcast Concerning NY Court of Appeals’ HSTPA Rulings on Retroactivity
April 20, 2020 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Commercial Litigation | Construction

Erez Glambosky was recently interviewed for a webcast concerning the impact of a New York State Court of Appeals rulings.

Earlier this month the New York Court of Appeals ruled in four separate cases that with regard to the retroactive application of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) of 2019, “the overcharge calculation

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Glambosky, Honig and Meisel Save Bagel Boss
March 10, 2020 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Bagel Boss of Merrick (“BBM”) retained the Firm to take on its landlord who, along with landlord’s counsel, had designed a plan to deprive BBM of its contractual right to extend the Merrick lease for five years, notwithstanding BBM’s confirmation to the landlord that it was exercising the option to extend.  After meeting with BBM

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Glambosky and Honig Defeat Tenant’s Effort to Reopen Rent Claim Based on HSTPA
November 26, 2019 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Commercial Litigation

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig prevailed on behalf of their landlord client. The Court ruled that the tenant cannot reopen an overcharge claim based upon HSTPA Choice of Forum.

Plaintiff-tenant moved to renew/reargue the Court’s order from June 3, 2019, dismissing plaintiff’s overcharge complaint and directing him to file before the New York State Division

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Glambosky Shares Perspective on Evicting a Subletter with the NYT
November 11, 2019 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Erez Glambosky was quoted in a November 9, 2019, New York Times “Ask Real Estate” piece that explores whether an unruly subtenant may be evicted and by whom.

“It was the shareholder who installed this individual, and the shareholder is responsible,” Erez said. “Ultimately the shareholder is the one who has to take action.”

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Glambosky and Honig Victorious
August 15, 2019 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig prevailed in a summary non-primary holdover proceeding on behalf of a landlord after a five-day bench trial in Civil Court, Kings County.

The issue at trial was whether the son of the rent-controlled tenant of an apartment in Brooklyn had established his right to succeed his father’s rent-controlled tenancy. During

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Real Estate Group Negotiates Several Deals in June
July 18, 2019 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

John Panagopoulos represented the Purchaser of a commercial condominium located at 112-03 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, NY, for the practice of sports medicine.  The purchase price was $1.18 million and was financed with Citibank N.A. for a loan amount of $940,000.

John Panagopoulos represented the Purchaser, Rhyme Holdings II LLC, in its acquisition of an

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Glambosky Presents at CBRE Roundtable
July 17, 2019

Erez Glambosky with be a speaker at a rent regulation roundtable presented by CBRE. The discussion will be held on Tuesday, July 30 from 5-7 pm at 200 Park Ave., New York City.

The program will discuss recently adopted changes to the City’s rent regulation polices and its impact on the residential market.

 

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Honig Quoted in NY Post
May 13, 2019 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Appeals | Commercial Litigation | Construction

Cheryl Korman, Jeremy Honig and Erez Glambosky successfully obtained an emergency injunction from the Appellate Division, First Department preventing the opening of a homeless shelter in a dangerously, unsafe building.

Honig was quoted in the New York Post article, “Judge temporarily blocks ‘Billionaire’s Row’ homeless shelter.” The article discusses New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s

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Honig, Glambosky, Gordon and Spero Close Multimillion-Dollar Deal
March 26, 2019 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Bankruptcy

On March 26, Jeremy Honig, Erez Glambosky, Stu Gordon and Matt Spero were successful in bringing to a close a long-running, multimillion-dollar litigation involving our client (the Board of Managers of a condominium located in Tribeca), a commercial unit owner at the condominium (the landlord), and a restaurant-bar operating at the commercial unit (the tenant).

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Glambosky, Honig and Gold Obtain Summary Judgement in Landlord Tenant Case
January 9, 2019 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Erez Glambosky, Jeremy Honig and Dana Gold obtained summary judgment on behalf of a landlord in a holdover proceeding where market tenants impermissibly held over in their apartment, erroneously claiming the protection of rent stabilization.  The judgment, which resulted in a judgement of possession for the landlord, established important legal precedent that a tenant is

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Korman, Glambosky, Honig and Mascia Victorious on Appeal
December 18, 2018 | Appeals

A recent decision serves as a cautionary tale for attorneys. The Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed a Supreme Court order dismissing an action to recover damages for unlawful termination on the ground that the same issue had already been decided in a prior action.

In the prior action, the plaintiff’s counsel prepared and signed a

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Glambosky and Honig Vanquish Former Commercial Tenant on behalf of Naftali Group
July 10, 2018 | Commercial Litigation | Construction

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig scored a significant victory on behalf of developer Naftali Group, by successfully defeating a commercial tenant’s illegal lockout proceeding.

The commercial tenant, a Pilates Studio, alleged that it had not surrendered the premises to the landlord. It never gave the landlord the keys or an affidavit acknowledging the surrender. The

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Glambosky, Honig and Bholan Victorious
April 19, 2018 | Commercial Litigation

Erez Glambosky, Jeremy Honig and Michelle Bholan successfully defeated a motion by plaintiff, a former employee of our client, seeking to re-argue the court’s dismissal of her complaint in which she alleged that she had been unlawfully terminated.

In denying Plaintiff’s motion, the Court adhered to its prior determination to dismiss the complaint, noting that

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Glambosky and Honig Score Major Victory for Landlord
December 22, 2017 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig scored a major victory on behalf of a landlord in a summary non-primary holdover proceeding after a six-day bench trial in Civil Court, New York County.

The crux of the dispute was whether the current occupant of a rent-stabilized unit on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, who was the

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Glambosky, Honig and Bholan Obtain Dismissal of Complaint Against Client
October 9, 2017 | Construction | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Commercial Litigation

Erez Glambosky, Jeremy Honig and Michelle Bholan prevailed in obtaining dismissal of a complaint filed by a former employee of our client alleging that she was unlawfully terminated.

After voluntarily discontinuing an identical prior action against our client with prejudice pursuant to a Stipulation of Discontinuance, counsel for the former employee commenced a new action

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Glambosky, Honig and Gold Obtain Summary Judgment for NYC Owner/Landlord
June 8, 2017 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Commercial Litigation | Construction

Erez Glambosky, Jeremy Honig and Dana Gold obtained summary judgment for their client, a New York City owner/landlord, in a commercial non-payment proceeding in Manhattan.  Following complex motion practice over the course of several months, Glambosky, Honig and Gold successfully obtained a conditional judgment of possession in favor of the owner and a money judgment

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D’Amaro and Glambosky Facilitate Building Acquisition and Restoration Project
March 20, 2017 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Louis D’Amaro and Erez Glambosky represented a real estate developer in its acquisition of a dilapidated 10-unit residential building, located at 119 West 111th Street, New York, NY, for a purchase price of $2 million and involving extensive negotiations to resolve the building’s structural issues.

Now the client has embarked on an ambitious restoration project on the

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Glambosky and D’Amaro Close on Purchase of Commercial Property
December 17, 2016 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Commercial Litigation

Erez Glambosky and Louis D’Amaro, as part of a 1031 exchange, closed on the purchase of a commercial property located in New Castle, Pennsylvania, subject to a Walgreens drug store lease.  The Walgreens location was the 1031 exchange “replacement property” and was purchased for nearly $7 million, with $2.7 million in mortgage financing.  In January

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Spero, Gordon, and Glambosky Defeat Objection and Obtain Dismissal
December 2, 2016 | Bankruptcy | Commercial Litigation | Construction

Matt Spero, Stu Gordon, and Erez Glambosky represented a landlord in connection with the bankruptcy of the principal of two of the landlord’s tenants.  The principal had previously executed a “good guy guaranty,” and was seeking to object to the landlord’s claim for rent arrears.  We were successful in convincing the Bankruptcy Court to overrule

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Glambosky and Honig defeat tenant’s Fair Market Rent Appeal on behalf of developer Naftali Group
October 19, 2016 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Commercial Litigation | Construction

In a hotly contested landlord-tenant proceeding that has been pending for over three years, Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig won a significant victory on behalf of developer/landlord Naftali Group.  In an unprecedented eleven page decision, the Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal affirmed the Rent Administrator’s underlying order

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Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named As 2015 New York Metro SuperLawyers
October 1, 2015 | Insurance Coverage | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use

Rivkin Radler LLP is pleased to announce that sixteen attorneys were named to the 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers List and four attorneys were named as New York Metro Rising Stars.  Rivkin’s four rising stars are Brian Bank, Erez Glambosky, Michael Schnepper and Jennifer Stineback.

Being named a Super Lawyer is a tremendous honor

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Glambosky and Honig victorious
September 16, 2015 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig obtained a significant victory on behalf of developer/landlord Naftali Group in a fair market rent appeal proceeding before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal. The Rent Administrator affirmed a prior decision that was issued in April 2015, which decision was subjected to reconsideration upon the tenant’s

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Glambosky and Honig Defeat a Claim of Unlawful Eviction on Behalf of Naftali Group
August 26, 2015 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig obtained an important victory on behalf of landlord/developer, the Naftali Group, by successfully moving to dismiss an order to show cause by a Petitioner who sought injunctive relief related to an alleged “illegal lockout”.

The Petitioner, the wife of a well-known writer for the New York Post (the author of

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Glambosky and Honig Victorious on Behalf of Naftali Group
May 21, 2015 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig obtained a key victory for developer, Naftali Group, by successfully arguing that Naftali was the prevailing party in a hotly contested holdover proceeding after it was awarded summary judgment.  The Court found that Naftali was entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees from the Respondent pursuant to the lease by virtue

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Glambosky and Honig Obtain Critical Victory for Naftali Group
April 16, 2015 | Appeals

For the second time this month, Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig obtained a critical victory for developer/landlord Naftali Group against a tenant who challenged the regulatory status of his apartment. 

The Division of Housing and Community Renewal (“DHCR”) denied the tenant’s fair market rent appeal, rejecting tenant’s argument that the initial rent at the time

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Glambosky and Honig win on behalf of New York City Landlord.
April 3, 2015 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky and Jeremy Honig obtained an important and substantial victory for developer/landlord Naftali Group in a hotly contested Civil Court, New York County residential holdover proceeding. 

The Court granted the landlord’s motion for summary judgment and rejected the tenant’s defense that the apartment was rent stabilized because the prior landlord engaged in a fraudulent

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Glambosky, Schieber and Honig deliver victory for Board of Managers
August 31, 2014 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky, Evan Schieber and Jeremy Honig won a significant victory on behalf of Windsor Park Condominium (“Windsor Park”).  In this classic David and Goliath narrative, a developer sought to impose upon its neighbor, Windsor Park, burdensome living conditions during the developer’s construction of one of the largest residential buildings in New York City, on

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Rivkin Radler Closes $67 Million Real Estate Deal
May 8, 2014 | Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use | Appeals

Yaron Kornblum, a partner in the firm Real Estate, Zoning & Land Use practice group, closed a record breaking sales transaction on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.  The 70 unit, 108,000 square foot apartment building, owned by the Zauderer Family, sold for $67,000,000.  The building, built in 1913, was self-managed by the matriarch of the family for

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Erez Glambosky on Panel for Massey Knakal Multifamily Summit
November 21, 2013 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky, apartner in the firm’s LItigation and Appeals Practice Group, will be on a panel at the Massey Knakal Multifamily Summit on November 20-21.  The Summit will bring together more than 850 owners, operators, investors and multifamily experts for the biggest thought leadership and networking event focused on New York Multifamily.

Mr. Glambosky’s panel

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Grill, Schieber and Glambosky win victory on behalf of a landlord involving the interpretation of NYS Soldiers’ and Sailor’s Civil Relief Act
July 29, 2013 | Appeals

David M. Grill, Evan Schieber and Erez Glambosky won a significant victory on behalf of a landlord involving the interpretation of the New York State Soldiers’ and Sailor’s Civil Relief Act, Military Law, Section 309 (“Act”).  The recent court decision issued by Justice Tingling in Greenwood v 240-242 West 10th Street, Corp., Supreme Court,

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Glambosky, Tare and Grill Obtain Summary Judgment On Behalf of New York City Landlord
July 22, 2013 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky, Josh Tare and David Grill, partners in the firm’s Litigation and Appeals practice group, were victorious on behalf of a New York City landlord in a classic landlord-tenant battle over a residential apartment in Manhattan.  The landlord commenced the proceeding to recover possession of the subject apartment on the grounds that the tenants’

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Erez Glambosky to speak at New York County Lawyer’s Association CLE
February 27, 2013 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky, a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, will be a speaker at the New York County Lawyer’s Association CLE entitled, “Perceptions of a Multi-Family Real Estate Deal.”  Mr. Glambosky’s topic is the impact of rent regulation laws on the purchase of residential multifamily properties in NYC. 

Course Description:

Beauty is

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Erez Glambosky Quoted in The New York Times article.
January 18, 2013 | Appeals

Erez Glambosky, a partner in the Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, was quoted in The New York Times article entitled, “No Access to the Mailbox.”

Click below to read the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/realestate/new-york-real-estate-question-and-answer.html?ref=realestate&pagewanted=print 

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David M. Grill and Erez Glambosky Win Decision in MHK Realty LLC v. Jade Fountain
December 18, 2012 | Appeals

David M. Grill and Erez Glambosky, partners in the firm’s Litigation and Appeals Group, obtained summary judgment in favor of a New York City commercial restaurant tenant dismissing a Nonpayment Proceeding commenced by the landlord for unpaid rent and water charges.  The Court was not persuaded by any of the landlord’s arguments and derided the

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Rivkin Radler Welcomes New Attorney Erez Glambosky
February 27, 2012 | Appeals

William M. Savino, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, has announced that Erez Glambosky has joined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group.

“We are excited to have Erez on board.  He adds to the stature of our firm and our goal to ever strive for excellence in the

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