Events

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.

Michelle Itkowitz began working with the New York State Bar Association, Real Property Section task force on the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The new task’s force mission is to study the impact of the new law and educate the Bar.

Michelle Itkowitz taught a Continuing Legal Education for a New York State Bar Association “Bridge the Gap” in Albany, entitled “AirBNB & VRBOs: Meeting New Legal Challenges”. On July 23, 2019, Michelle taught the same seminar for NYSBA via webinar.

Michelle Itkowitz published an article in Bushwick Daily entitled “Tenant’s Rights Spotlight: How Much Can My Landlord Raise the Rent?” A longer version of this article, with the legal citations, was published on the Tenant Learning Platform blog.

Michelle Itkowitz was interviewed for a Brick Underground Article – “How to tell if a co-living company is legit or sketchy”.

Michelle Itkowitz sat down with Holm & O’Hara, a Manhattan law firm specializing in commercial real estate for investors, closely-held businesses, corporations and their owners, for an interview on the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019.

Michelle Itkowitz was interviewed for a Real Deal article – “After Bedly: What the demise of a startup says about the health of co-living in NYC”.

Michelle Itkowitz was the featured speaker at the Long Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute breakfast meeting on the impact of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 on the value of multifamily buildings.

Michelle Itkowitz was featured on the Brick Underground Podcast: “All about co-living—what your options are and how to stay on the right side of the law”.

We are immensely proud that Itkowitz PLLC was recently awarded its NYS Women Business Enterprise Certification by the Empire State Development Corp. According to NALP, the overall percentage of women associates has decreased over the last five years and women accounted for only 21.46% of the partners in large firms.  According to the ABA, women account for only 17% of equity partners. Against this backdrop, Michelle Itkowitz decided that it was important to stand up and seek this important certification from New York State for the firm that she founded and owns. Feel free to contact us regarding joint pursuits of MWBE real estate counsel opportunities.