Jeffrey Turkel
Jeffrey Turkel joined Rosenberg & Estis in 1983 and became a partner in 1990. He heads the firm's Appeals Group, arguing most of the firm's appeals and supervising a team of partners and associates in all phases of appellate practice. Over the past two decades, Mr. Turkel has won many important and ground breaking appeals in the areas of real estate, rent regulation, landlord-tenant, condemnation, and constitutional law.
As a member of the firm's Administrative Group, Mr. Turkel has successfully represented hundreds of owners in proceedings before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the agency that administers rent stabilization and rent control. He is frequently called upon by such groups as RSA, CHIP and REBNY to represent the real estate industry in litigation and appeals affecting the industry as a whole. He also specializes in such diverse areas as escalation disputes and the City's Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program ("ICAP").
Since 1997, Mr. Turkel has co-authored the Rent Regulation column in the New York Law Journal. He is a frequent media source on rent regulatory matters and has published extensively in such journals as The New York Real Estate Law Reporter, of which he is on the Board of Advisors, and Environmental Law in New York.
Year Joined Firm
- 1983
Areas of Practice
- Rent Regulation & Administrative Law
- Litigation (Real Estate)
- Landlord Tenant Law
- Appellate Law
- Eminent Domain
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1984
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1984
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law
- J.D. - 1983
- Honors: Recipient, Lewis D. Asper Fellowship.
- Hamilton College
- B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1980
Published Works
- "When Can a Tenant 'Waive' Rent Regulatory Rights?," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, February 2011
- "Courts Step Up Enforcement of Landlord-Tenant Stipulations," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, July 2010
- "Roberts - What's Next?," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, December 2009
- "Units an Owner Can Recover for Self," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, April 2007
- "Appellate Division Awards Compound Interest in Takings Case," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, July 2005
- "Escalation-Wars," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, February 2004
- "Court of Claims Awards 11% Interest on Takings Claim," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, October 2004
- "Regulatory Takings in New York: A Survey," Environmental Law in New York, September 2003
- "Court Adopts Middle Ground in Luxury Deregulation Cases," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, February 2000
- "Corporate Rent Stabilized Tenancies in Retreat," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, March 1997
- "Rent Regulations Column," New York Law Journal, June 1997 - present
- "The New York Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997" (Co-Author), Matthew Bender, 1997
- "Substantial Rehabilitation Under the Rent Stabilization Law," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, March 1996
- "Luxury Deregulation: Survey of Recent Decisions," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, September 1996
- "Regulatory Takings in New York," Environmental Law in New York, June 1995
- "Regulatory Takings Expanded in New York," New York Real Estate Law Reporter, December 1994
Representative Cases
- 925 D Realty v. New York State Div. of Housing and Community Renewal, 85 A.D.3d 645, 925 N.Y.S.2d 822 (151 Dep’t 2011)
- 936 Second Ave. L.P. v. Second Corp. Dev. Co., Inc., 82 A.D.3d 446, 917 N.Y.S.2d 865 (151 Dep’t 2011)
- Modern Art Services, Ltd. v. OCA Long Island City, LLC, 84 A.D.3d 1040, 923 N.Y.S.2d 337 (2d Dep’t 2011)
- Roach v. Benjamin, 78 A.D.3d 468, 909 N.Y.S.2d 635 (1st Dep’t 2010)
- Samson Mgt. LLC v. New York State Div. of Housing and Community Renewal, 76 A.D.3d 1024, 907 N.Y.S.2d 513 (2d Dep’t 2010)
- Ulysses I & Co., Inc. v. Feldstein, 75 A.D.3d 990, 906 N.Y.S.2d 380 (3d Dep’t 2010)
- Chelsea 19 Associates v. James, 67 A.D.3d 601, 889 N.Y.S.2d 564 (1st Dept. 2009)
- Pultz v. Economakis, 10 N.Y.3d 542, 860 N.Y.S.2d 765 (2008)
- Riverside Syndicate, Inc. v. Munroe, 10 N.Y.3d 18, 853 N.Y.S.2d 263 (2008)
- Georgia Properties, Inc. v. Dalsimer, 38 A.D.3d 332, 835 N.Y.S.2d 41 (1st Dep’t 2007)
- HGCD Retail Services, LLC v. 44-45 Broadway Realty Co., 37 A D.3d 43, 826 N.Y.S.2d 190 (1st Dep’t. 2006)
- 520 E. 81st Street Associates v. State of New York, 19 A D.3d 24, 799 N.Y.S.2d 1 (1st Dep’t. 2005)
- KSLM-Columbus Apartments, Inc v. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, 5 N.Y.3d 303 801 N Y.S.2d 783 (2005)
- Noto v. Bedford Apts. Co., 21 A.D.3d 762, 801 N.Y.S.2d 21 (1st Dep’t. 2005)
- 520 E. 81st St. Assocs. v. State of New York, 99 N.Y.2d 43, 750 N.Y.S.2d 833 (2002)
- Kaufmann’s Carousel, Inc. v. City of Syracuse Indus. Dev. Agency, 301 A.D.2d 292, 750 N Y S.2d 212 (4th Dept. 2002)
- Rima 106 L.P. v. Alvarez, 257 A.D.2d 201, 690 N Y S.2d 40 (1st Dept. 1999)
- Manocherian v. Lenox Hill Hospital, 229 A.D.2d 197, 654 N.Y.S.2d 339 (1st Dept. 1997)
- Manocherian v. Lenox Hill Hospital, 84 N.Y.2d 385, 618 N.Y.S.2d 857 (1994)
- Eastern Pork Products v. New York State Div. of Housing and Community Renewal, 187 A.D.2d 320, 590 N.Y.S.2d 77 (1st Dept. 1992)
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Lewis D. Asper Fellowship
- Selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers, 2006 - 2007, and 2010
