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As the Coronavirus continues to spread, we stand ready to assist you, your business, and your employees during this fast-paced and scary time.

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PPP Webinar

We hosted our first live webinar last Friday and spent our time tackling the complexities of PPP loan forgiveness. Many thanks to all of you that joined and submitted such thoughtful questions! If you were unable to tune in, we’ve made the recording available on YouTube.

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Hosted by

Andrew Fine

Chair - Corporate Group

Peace On The Lower East Webinar

Restaurant landlords and tenants explain their business models and discuss rents and leases and what matters most to them. James Wacht, a restaurant landlord, broker and attorney and John Fraser, a veteran NYC chef and restaurateur will join David Helbraun for an open and frank discussion on landlord and tenant perspectives on the current real estate crisis.

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Hosted by

David Helbraun

Founding Partner and Chairman

HL Newsletter

The popular Helbraun Levey Newsletter that has helped keep the industry sane during these insane times.

Lockdown #2 Manual

November 17, 2020 - 4:26 pm

Stimulus on the way, heater guidelines

October 21, 2020 - 1:26 pm

Money, Clusters, Heaters and More…

October 12, 2020 - 10:02 pm

Latest Press

Helbraun Levey is a leader in the hospitality industry, and has been featured by numerous press outlets for comment and insight about the industry.

Downtown Manhattan’s Different Sectors Feel Each Other’s Pain

“My restaurant clients who are downtown in Lower Manhattan are struggling more than most, as much as Midtown clients,” said David Helbraun, founding partner and chairman at Helbraun Levey, a New York City-based hospitality law firm, who says the slow, choppy stimulus talks in Washington, D.C., have left the sector in even more dire straits.

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August 18, 2020

Landlords Lose Money When Restaurant Properties Sit Vacant, So Why Not Give Rent Relief?

The real trouble, Helbraun says, are the mid-size property owners with a few dozen buildings. He calls them the shark pool; “cultivating a reputation for being tough and not budging is how they’ve survived in the past.”

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July 20, 2020

Danny Meyer’s Restaurants Will End Their No-Tipping Policy

For small-scale restaurateurs facing existential challenges, tipping policy is “not high on the list” of priorities, said David Helbraun, a lawyer in Manhattan whose firm represents more than 1,000 restaurants.

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