Sale at 310 East 23rd Street #2A

And there's more. The buyers sued their lawyer and appraiser for malpractice, saying they should've noticed the big black "Special Risks" notice in the offering plan about the lot-line windows: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=R02mkUp0ktgVOP38DwAOXw==&system=prod

They later dropped that case.

I should've read every exhibit before starting this. Here's the buyers' architect saying the apartment isn't and never was habitable according to code, and can't be fixed: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=EuA9xhdJZpzwcMhR2Y4D_PLUS_A==&system=prod

Why the special interest in this building?

Now I see what you mean, but it didn't ring a bell at the time. I'd just been searching eCourts for parties with "Tenants" or "Owners" in their names, and this turned up.

Holy cow.

>Holy cow.

So C0lumbia C0unty, don't tip this c0w.

any update on this situation?

Wow. what a mess.

They lost their case against the building to the south, pleading for access to put another window in. They're appealing that decision.

As if that wasn't enough litigation hell for one couple, she's also been in court for the last three years trying to get more commission money from her former employer.

Some buildings and their owners and residents ... never change

nwt

NWT:

1. in the late 1980's I lived in a building whose window faced a being built hi-rise
2. I researched the issues of easements for air and light

3. NY law didn't recognize them at that time
4. so builder had right to block my window