NYS Sexual Harassment Law Exposes Businesses to Claims by Independent Contractor Victims of Independent Contractor Harassers: Real Estate Brokerage Firms be Warned

NYS companies utilizing the services of independent contractors, such as real estate brokerage firms, are now exposed to liability for the acts of their independent contractors who sexually harassed other independent contractors who were associated with the same company by way of new Executive Law.

Read the full article by Andrew Lieb, Esq. here. 

Dan's Papers Advertising Deal for Lieb School Students

Excited to share a special Dan's Papers Advertising Deal for Lieb School Students! 

$999 Full Newsprint Page for the Memorial Day Issue of Dan's Papers, if you book by 6pm on Monday 5/21. 

Plus get 2 FREE General Admission tickets to the Dan’s Rosé Soirée event! To take advantage of this deal email ericf@danshamptons.com 

10 Keys To East End Real Estate In 2018

If you are investing in real estate this year, this is a must read for buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants and even neighbors. While this was published in a hamptons magazine, the facts can really apply to all NY real estate.

Read Andrew Lieb, Esq. full article published in Behind The Hedges Here. 

Listing Agents: Claims of Ownership (Lieb School CE Class Preview)

Strategic Negotiating Tips On Purchase Price

4-3-18 NYS Board of Real Estate meeting summary

On 4-3-18 the NYS Board of Real Estate continued its mission of optimizing the regulation of real estate brokers in our state by holding its meeting in NYC, Buffalo and Albany. To remind real estate brokers and salespersons, the public is welcome at these meetings where the public can bring comments from the floor. It’s encouraged that Lieb School students attend these meetings to have your voices heard. 

"[T]he Board has general authority to promulgate rules and regulations affecting real estate brokers and salespersons in order to administer and effectuate the purposes of Article 12-A of the Real Property Law."

A complete video of the meeting is available on YouTube.

The meeting was relatively brief, but did include some interesting comment, including:

- From January through March, there were 221 real estate complaints.

- New real estate brokerage course curriculum has been released to schools and is anticipated to be in place by 9-1-18. This curriculum includes 5 hours on office operations.

- Suggestions for changes to the industry included: (a) a requirement to place license numbers on marketing materials; (b) creating a system so that deceased broker's licenses are terminated and cannot be continued wrongfully by others; and (c) expanding eaccessNY to indicate when a salesperson / associate real estate broker / broker is inactive or suspended. 

The next meeting was referenced to be June 1, 2018, but was not confirmed.