On May 2, 2019, Nathaniel Lorenz was sentenced to 18 months in prison following his November 8, 2018 conviction on eight counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud for defrauding the government in connection with a bridge maintenance project administered by New York State and funded primarily by the Federal Highway Administration
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New York Court of Appeals Clarifies When a Contractor Hired by a Commercial Tenant Can File a Mechanic’s Lien Against the Owner’s Interest in the Property
By Jed Weiss & David T. Meglino on
Posted in Construction
When a contractor is hired by a commercial tenant to improve the leased property, the contractor’s lien will ordinarily attach only to the leasehold interest, and not the property itself. In a recent Court of Appeals decision, however, the Court clarified in what circumstances the contractor can file a lien against the owner’s interest in…