Principals

Harold Bordowitz

Supervising Attorney- Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigation.

Bio

New York Law School J.D. 1985 Admitted to New York State Bar.

Mr. Bordowitz has over 40 Years of experience in all aspects of complex Landlord-Tenant Litigation which includes Administrative Proceedings, Appeals, and Article 78 Proceedings in Supreme Court. Areas of concentration are Commercial and Residential Holdover and Non-Payment proceedings in which he has extensive trial experience.

Gregory S. Bougopoulos

Supervising Attorney – Holdover Department, Supreme Court Matters, Appeals, and Richmond County Landlord-Tenant Litigation.

Bio

St. John’s University School of Law, J.D. 2006. Admitted to New York State Bar; New Jersey State Bar; Massachusetts State Bar; and United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and New Jersey.

Mr. Bougopoulos’ practice concentrates on residential and commercial real estate litigation, including landlord-tenant litigation. Mr. Bougopoulos oversees commencement and prosecution of various non-Housing Court actions and proceedings, including those pursuant to RPAPL 881 and CPLR Article 78. Mr. Bougopoulos also handles Surrogate Court proceedings for landlords to seek appointment of administrators for deceased lessees. In addition, Mr. Bougopoulos advises various cooperative and condominium buildings on litigation issues facing those buildings.

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Cornell University BS Industrial and Labor Relations ‘89, Albany Law School JD 92

Over 35 years of experience focusing on all aspects of landlord-tenant, real estate and commercial litigation and appellate practice. Admitted in NY and federal practice in the Southern and Eastern Districts of NY.

Ramona Goodman

Supervising Attorney Bronx County Litigation

Bio

Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, J.D. 1984. Admitted to New York State Bar, and to the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Ms. Goodman is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Her areas of concentration are Bankruptcy, administrative proceedings before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal and Landlord-tenant litigation. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, Bronx Women's Bar Association, and Yonkers Bar Association and has served on several continuing legal education panels. Ms. Goodman is also a co-chair of the Bronx Housing Court Implementation Committee and a member of the Bronx County Bar Association Judiciary Committee.

Marybeth Hotaling

Supervising attorney for New York County

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New York Law School JD 1983. Admitted to New York State Bar.

Ms. Hotaling joined the firm of Cohen & Ehrenfeld in 1984 and later became a senior partner at Cohen Hurkin, Ehrenfeld, Pomerantz & Tenenbaum where she was involved in Landlord-Tenant litigation in all boroughs of New York City. In addition, she has regularly appeared before various City agencies and represented clients in Supreme and Civil Court actions. Ms. Hotaling has represented clients in residential closings and business transactions. She is a member of the Brooklyn Bar Association.

Daniel J. Pomerantz

Supervising Attorney- Westchester Residential and Commercial Real Estate Litigation

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Prior to becoming a member of Novick Edelstein Pomerantz, P.C., Mr. Pomerantz was a senior partner at Cohen Hurkin Ehrenfeld Pomerantz and Tenenbaum, LLP. Mr. Pomerantz primarily appears on behalf of the firm in Queens and Westchester County Courts.

A member of both the New York and New Jersey bars since 1999, Mr. Pomerantz has litigated hundreds of cases at both the trial and appellate levels. Several published and cited cases include QPII 143-45 Sanford Avenue LLC v. Eric Spinner, from the Appellate Division dealing with authorization of predicate rent demand notices, L&T East 22 Realty Co. v. Ana Earle, dealing with the application of rent arrears, and Vorillas Properties LLC v. B.M.G. Bagels dealing with Yellowstone injunctions and demolition clauses in commercial leases.

Mr. Pomerantz has his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and has a B.A. in Accounting from Queens College of the City of New York.

Eugene S. Reisman

Firm Managing Attorney; Commercial Leasing Department Supervising Attorney

Bio

Brooklyn Law School, J.D. 1976, Brooklyn College of the City University of NY, B. S. in accounting 1968, Long Island University M.S. in Taxation, 1972; admitted to New York State Bar. Mr. Reisman is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in 1976.

Mr. Reisman’s areas of concentration are Landlord-Tenant Law, Commercial Leases, Administrative Proceedings before the N.Y.S. Division of Housing and Community Renewal and Business Law. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Bronx County Bar Association, the Yonkers Bar Association and the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce. For 14 years he was employer trustee of the local 32BJ North Service Employees International Union (S.E.I.U.) Health and Welfare Funds.

Charles D. Wasserman

Supervising Attorney, Kings County Residential & Commercial Litigation

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Brooklyn Law School, J.D. 1995. Admitted to New York State Bar.

Mr. Wasserman is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and a member and officer of The Kings County Housing Court Bar Association.

Craig D. Zim

Supervising Attorney- Queens & Nassau County

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Hofstra University School of Law, J.D. 1988. Admitted to New York State Bar as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts.

Mr. Zim is also admitted to the bars of Washington, D.C. and New Jersey. The emphasis of his practice is complex Real Estate Litigation, Landlord-Tenant trial work for both commercial and residential matters, Real Estate transactions and Closings involving 1031 like-kind exchanges, commercial, multifamily and residential real estate. Mr. Zim is Vice Chair of the Landlord-Tenant Committee, Queens County Bar, and Secretary of the Queens County Housing Court Bar Association. He is on the Queens County Bar committees for Judicial Relations, Supreme Court and Civil Court, and a member of the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Zim was an adjunct professor with New York City Technical College. He has been the prosecuting attorney for Atlantic Beach, New York since June 1989.

Of Counsel

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University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. 1974. Admitted to New York State Bar and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

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Admitted to NY Bar 1987

SUNY Binghamton – M.A. – Anthropology – 1977

New York Law School – J.D. 1986

Lawrence E. Schiro

of counsel attorneys

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University of Miami School of Law, J.D. 1982. Admitted to New York State and Florida Bar, and to the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the United States Supreme Court. Areas of concentration include Commercial and Residential Real Estate Transactions and Litigation, Appellate Litigation, and proceedings before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Zoning procedures, Takings clause challenges, Federal Court practice, with extensive practice in Westchester, Bronx and New York County Supreme Court, Bronx County Civil Court and Yonkers City Court. Mr. Schiro has tried jury and non-jury cases in the Supreme and Civil Court and argued appeals in the Appellate Term and Division for the First and Second Judicial Departments. Mr. Schiro is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Bronx County Bar Association, Yonkers Bar Association, Westchester County Chambers of Commerce, Yonkers Chambers of Commerce, Westchester County Association, Florida Bar Association, Yonkers Lawyers Association and Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar.

Publications: “Takings Challenges to Zoning Ordinances,” Westchester Bar Journal” Vol. 26, 1999, p. 29. “No Automatic Stay – Process of Evicting Tenants who have Filed for Bankruptcy,” New York Law Journal” May 29, 1996, p. 5. “Receiver’s Mandate, Holding Mortgagors in Contempt of Court for Failing to Comply,” New York Law Journal” December 11, 1996, p. 5. “Summary Proceedings when the Tenant Does Not Physically Occupy the Premises,” New York Law Journal” April 16, 1997, p. 5. “Delaying Eviction – Constitutional Challenge to Repetitive Orders to Show Cause,” New York Law Journal” April 3D, 1997, p. 5. “Frequent Receivership Issues,” New York State Bar Journal, February 1998, p. 37. “Orders to Show Cause in Housing Court,” Westchester Bar Journal, Vol. 25, 1998, p. 71.

Daniel Ostrin

of counsel attorneys

Bio

Admitted to NY Bar in 2019.

Syracuse University College of Law, JD, 2018

Syracuse University Maxwell School, Masters of Public Administration, 2018

California State University Fullerton, BA in Communication, Journalism 2013

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