Media

Congratulations to AGMB clients Ping Pong Productions and Josh Gates on their 4 Daytime Emmy Nominations!!

John Lennon: The Last Interview, produced by longtime AGMB client Nancy Saslow, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival. With direction from Steven Soderbergh, this is one to watch. Proud to have handled production legal work on the film.  Read More

AGMB Partner, Neil Garfinkel was quoted this week in the NY Post article “Merry XL-mas from your broker! Rich house hunters are being baited by over-the-top closing gifts like a $3.2M Aston Martin and a 31-foot yacht” https://nypost.com/2025/12/24/real-estate/wealthy-homebuyers-now-demand-over-the-top-closing-gifts/

Click here to view the article

Congratulations to Partner Neil Garfinkel, along with instructor Heather Huff for their 2025 ARELLO Fair Housing Award for Continuing Education. Their Fair Housing: Source of Income class for Real Estate Center 4 Success (REC4SUCCESS) leads the way in fair housing education.

Understanding Square Footage Calculations in Lower East Side Co-ops For many cooperative owners, square footage discrepancies can be a source of confusion, particularly when different sources provide varying measurements. Click Here to read the full article

We are proud to announce that Partner Marie O’Brien has been selected as one of 2025’s Northeast Women in Banking and Mortgage. This award is given by Mortgage Women Magazine and Banking Northeast to celebrate women who are transforming the banking and mortgage industries.

“A licensed real estate salesperson may not, on behalf of an owner, collect a payment from prospective tenants in order to reserve or ‘hold’ apartments (regardless of whether such payment is refundable or non-refundable),” wrote REBNY’s broker counsel Neil Garfinkel, in an answer to a broker’s question in REBNY’s newsletter in February 2020. See the…

The article highlights Avoiding Lawsuits Related to Alteration Requests. Avoiding Lawsuits Related to Alteration Requests By Barry Margolis, Partner, Abrams Garfinkel Margolis Bergson Extensive apartment alterations often involve complex structural issues such as removing walls or converting pre-war spaces into modern, loft-like units. Boards may be reluctant to approve these changes either to avoid major…

Neil Garfinkel, an attorney and broker counsel for the Real Estate Board of New York, answered a similar question for REBNY’s newsletter back in 2020. He wrote that the collection of fees to “reserve” an apartment is illegal “regardless of whether such payment is refundable or non-refundable.” Click here to read the article.