The Daily Dirt: Eliot Spitzer is once again fighting Adam Leitman Bailey over his condo project 
Former New York governor and real estate scion Eliot Spitzer is facing opposition to his Fifth Avenue development from a familiar foe. Spitzer is tantalizingly close to replacing the rental building at 985 Fifth Avenue, built by his father in 1970, with luxury condos. He’s received approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission — twice — for the project, and battled through an adverse possession case filed by a neighboring co-op over a now-notorious “Pit” that he needed for the project. Attorney Adam Leitman Bailey was the attorney in that case, and he has now returned. The 46-unit rental building has […]
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