Client Alert – Introduction to and Applicability of the Good Cause Eviction Law

Recently the New York State Legislature passed the Good Cause Eviction Law requiring landlords to have a statutorily specified reason to evict a tenant. A landlord will no longer be able to evict a month-to-month tenant by giving the requisite notice. Nor will a landlord be able to evict a tenant at the end of the tenant’s lease unless the landlord has grounds to evict the tenant as specified by the Good Cause Eviction Law. The Good Cause Eviction Law is an “opt-in” law meaning that a municipality must adopt it by local law for the new law to be enforced.

Client Alert – Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements Still on Hold Despite Supreme Court Ruling

On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court issued a stay of the preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and the reporting requirements thereunder that was issued back in December by a federal court in Texas in connection with one of the pending cases challenging the constitutionality of the CTA (Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry – formerly, Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland).

Congratulations to Erin A. Cummings

Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP is happy to announce that effective immediately Erin A. Cummings has been named Chair of the firm’s Trusts, Estates and Wealth Planning Practice Group. Erin’s practice focuses on probate, estate administration and estate planning and...

Congratulations to Zachary R. Grzelka

Congratulations to Zachary R. Grzelka! Zach was sworn-in to practice in New York State on Wednesday, January 15th. Zachary is an Associate Attorney in our Wills, Trusts, and Estates practice group and is based out of the Binghamton, Albany, and Syracuse offices....