Melendez v. City of New York

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Case overview

Case Number:

23-683

Court:

Appellate - 2nd Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3440 CIVIL RIGHTS-Other

Government Agencies

  1. October 07, 2024

    2nd Circ. Axes Challenge To NYC COVID Guaranty Law

    A panel of Second Circuit judges ruled on Monday that a landlord lacks standing to challenge a New York City pandemic-era protection for commercial real estate tenants, finding that the property owner failed to allege that an enforcement action by the city was imminent.

  2. June 10, 2024

    NYC Tells 2nd Circ. No Sanctions In COVID Rent Law Suit

    New York City told the Second Circuit that its late-in-the-game jurisdictional arguments don't warrant sanctions amid litigation over pandemic protection for commercial real estate tenants, arguing that it raised the claims as soon as possible.

  3. November 30, 2023

    NYC Tells 2nd Circ. To Nix Landlord's Contract Clause Claim

    The Second Circuit was told by New York City to vacate a lower court's finding that a pandemic-era guaranty law was unconstitutional, arguing that a landlord who brought the suit named as defendants city officials who aren't in charge of enforcing the regulation and that the resident hasn't obtained the redress that he sought.

  4. November 08, 2023

    NYC Landlord Seeks Another 2nd Circ. Win On Covid Rent Law

    A New York City landlord urged the Second Circuit to side with him a second time in a dispute concerning a pandemic-era protection for guarantors of commercial tenants, calling newly raised jurisdictional concerns an eleventh-hour "Hail Mary."