Events

On March 9, 2023 Michelle Itkowitz will be teaching an accredited continuing legal education program for Lawline.com entitled “Good Guy Guaranty Litigation – Enforcement and Defense”.

Michelle Itkowitz was quoted in a Bloomberg piece entitled “Co-Housing Startups Fly in the Face of Old-School NYC Housing Law” published on December 6, 2022.

Michelle Itkowitz was quoted (favorably!) in a in a Gothamist piece entitled “NY’s attorney general is eyeing co-living companies as residents complain over ‘scam’ housing” published on September 14, 2022.

The book is out! Michelle Itkowitz was honored to be a co-author of the NYSBA’s New York Residential Landlord-Tenant Law And Procedure, 2021-22, an essential resource that covers the fundamentals of residential landlord-tenant law and the procedural mechanics in landlord-tenant disputes.

Michelle Itkowitz contributed a chapter to Key Strategies for Real Estate Investors, A Practical Guide to Investment Real Estate, by Michael L. Landsman, Esq. Michelle’s chapter is entitled “The Rent Regulation Specialist: Building Value”. Here is an excerpt.

Michelle Itkowitz is contributing again to the 4^th Edition of the New York State Bar Association Commercial Leasing treatise Michelle is writing two chapters: Lease Guaranties and Overview of Lease Enforcement. The book is due out in late 2022.

Michelle Itkowitz created a new class for the Tenant Learning Platform Entitled “Generation Z – Welcome to Your First Apartment in NYC”.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a CLE for Lawline entitled “Rent Stabilization Master Class: High Rent Vacancy Deregulation and Rent Overcharge Issues”.

Michelle Itkowitz taught an accredited continuing education class for the Appraisal Institute (Long Island Chapter) entitled “Commercial Tenant Defenses to Nonpayment of Rent Due to the Pandemic”.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a CLE for Lawline entitled “Landlord and Tenant Litigation: Bringing the Case to a Satisfying Conclusion”.

Michelle Itkowitz was quoted in Brick Underground, for a story entitled “With Housing Court Hearings Online, It May Be Cheaper to Fight Your Landlord”.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a CLE for Lawline entitled “Landlord and Tenant Litigation: In the Courtroom”.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a CLE for Lawline entitled “Introduction to Landlord and Tenant Litigation: Getting a Case Started”.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a CLE for the New York Women’s Bas Association entitled “Commercial Tenant Defenses to Nonpayment of Rent Due to the Pandemic”.

Michelle Itkowitz was honored to contribute to the leading landlord and tenant law treatise in New York State, the NYSBA’s New York Residential Landlord-Tenant Law and Procedure, written by the Honorable Gerald Lebovits and Damon P. Howard, Esq.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a continuing legal education program for the New York State Bar Association, Real Property Section Summer Meeting, entitled “The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act One Year Later”.

Michelle Itkowitz presented a well-attended Zoom presentation for the Tenant Learning Platform, on “NYC Tenant’s Rights During the Corona Virus Pandemic”.

Michelle Itkowitz presented the results of a year-long study of published New York City Housing Court decisions from 2019 at an LNY meetup. Here is a link to the full booklet. Over 160 cases are included in the Study, classified into 18 different case categories.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a continuing education program for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Suffolk and Nassau County Chapters at Marcum’s Melville office on multifamily real estate. A full copy of the materials is available here. An excerpt is available here.