The New York State Legislature, in what many feel is an effort to portray tenants as the downtrodden victims of their landlords and to demonize landlords as the oppressors of their tenants, passed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (L 2020, ch 381). Governor Cuomo signed this piece of legislation into
Why Landlords Should Never Give Their Bank Account Information to Tenants
It is now more common than ever for landlords to give their bank account information to tenants so that the tenants can pay their rent by direct deposit. In fact, it is quickly becoming the norm.
Many landlords find that accepting rent through direct
On March 20, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued a moratorium on evictions in the State of New York for ninety days. This has been misinterpreted to mean that tenants are excused from paying their rent during this time. Nothing could be further from the truth. All it means is that the Governor has imposed a vague
So what does all this mean?
To sort this all out, we need to look at the history of what exactly has transpired. Initially, the Court System suspended all eviction proceedings until June 20, 2020. That means that all pending eviction cases in the Court System are adjourned until sometime after the suspension is lifted.
On March 15, 2020, the Honorable Lawrence K. Marks, Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York, issued an Updated Protocols memorandum to all judicial and non-judicial personnel of the Unified Court System. That memorandum provides that effective 5 p.m. on Monday, March 16,
Before you bring an eviction action to remove a tenant for non-payment of rent in Nassau County, there are certain things you must know about the Nassau County eviction process. First, you must be properly situated to bring the action. That means, generally, that you must be the owner of the property, and the person
Most landlords will face the unpleasant prospect of having to evict a tenant at some point for one reason or another. The reasons for the eviction are of course important, but not nearly as important as taking the correct legal steps to remove the tenant. The process can be daunting and time consuming.Never Try it
Mounting a successful defense
against a foreclosure action was quite rare in the past. However, after the
foreclosure crisis that followed the national economic troubles that began in
2007, the number of successful defenses has increased substantially.
However, even with this
development, it is worth mentioning that not all foreclosure cases now end in
favor
Before you bring an eviction action to remove an occupant of real property for holding over in the Town of Babylon, there are certain things you must know. First, you must be properly situated to bring the action. That means, generally, that you must be the owner of the property, and the person you are
Before you bring an eviction action to remove a tenant for non-payment of rent in the Town of Brookhaven, there are certain things you must know. First, you must be properly situated to bring the action. That means, generally, that you must be the owner of the property, and the person you are seeking to