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DAVID B. CABRERA
Contact Information
Email: David B. Cabrera
Telephone: (212) 431-1300 ext. 333
Facsimile: (212) 965-2657
Practice Areas:
- Cooperative and Condominium Law »
- Supreme Court Litigation »
- Administrative Law »
- Residential Non-Payment Proceedings »
- Residential Holdover Proceedings »
- Appellate Litigation »
Education:
- Vermont Law School, J.D., M.S.L. - 1991
- University of Miami, B.A. - 1987
Bar Admissions:
- New York State - 1992
- State of Connecticut - 1992
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District - 1996
- U.S. District Court, Southern District - 1996
Bar Affiliations:
- New York State Bar Association
Biography
David B. Cabrera is a partner of the firm in the Administrative Division. He has experience in all types of proceedings before the State Division of Housing & Community Renewal (DHCR), as well as matters before the Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD), the Environmental Control Board, the Department of Buildings (DOB), and the Loft Board. Mr. Cabrera has over fifteen years of real estate law experience, including eleven years with DHCR in various senior positions. Most recently, he was DHCR's Deputy Commissioner for Housing Operations where he oversaw the State's Section 8, Mitchell-Lama and Public Housing programs. He also served DHCR as General Counsel in the Office of Legal Affairs and Deputy Counsel and Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Rent Administration where he specialized in rent stabilization and rent control matters. Prior to joining the DHCR, Mr. Cabrera was in private practice specializing in real estate litigation and transactions.
Over the last decade, Mr. Cabrera has been a lecturer or participant in panel discussions before practicing attorneys, judges, real estate professionals, and trade organizations on numerous topics related to rent regulations and affordable housing. He was also a member of the Housing Court Advisory Council.
