Bad News Fatigue News media makes up a significant part of our environment and takes up time in our every day. Increasingly, this is making us feel a little overwhelmed, stressed and even depressed. Recent studies found that 68% of us have news fatigue and are simply feeling worn out by all the information out there. Bad…
Vaccine won’t be ready before school this fall – Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, warned senators on 5-12-2020 that states and cities face serious consequences if they open up too quickly, urging states not to reopen until they know they have the capabilities to handle an inevitable…
Bankruptcies on the way. Call the law firm to see how bankruptcy can solve debt problems. Business and individuals have been severely impacted by Covid. The Covid-19 aka Coronavirus and its impact regarding bankruptcy The coronavirus’s impact on capital markets, supply-chain disruption, hospitality and transportation is already seismic and being compared with the “economic shockwave”…
Governor Cuomo issued another Executive Order: 🟥Our ability to notarize and witness documents (including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, living wills) REMOTELY has been extended (again) to June 6th. 🟥Since many RESIDENTIAL tenants cannot afford to pay their rent, a tenant can request to or otherwise consent to (but cannot be forced…
Chapter 13 plans can be extended up to 7 years 7 year Chapter 13. An existing chapter 13 plan can be extended to 7 years if the case had been confirmed and then the covid-19 virus caused payment issues. On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the historic Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic…
Loan modifications under CARES Act. The law firm assists with loan modifications and mortgage relief for those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. This blog post discusses loan modifications and mortgage relief for those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Federal and state governments, and financial institutions and loan servicers, have announced plans to help struggling homeowners…
Small Business Reorganization Act. This is a chapter 5 bankruptcy designed to make the process easier for a business than a Chapter 11 reorganization Small businesses now have an alternative to a chapter 11 bankruptcy called the chapter 5 bankruptcy. This statute, Chapter 5 is designed to ease some of the burdens that certain mechanical processes in…
Breach of Contract Coronavirus. Given the economic disruption, some contracting parties may seek to be excused from performance under their contracts. How to get out of a contract? There are many ways in which contractual performance has become and could become even more challenging. What COVID-19 coronavirus issues are complicating your contract? government-mandated quarantines travel…
PUA – Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. This is subject to change at any time. This information was posted here in April 2020. Unemployment now provides payment to folks not traditionally eligible for unemployment like self employment, independent contractors This is subject to change. It was posted here April 2020. New York State remains on PAUSE through…
STOP JUNK MAIL – To stop junk mail, you can reduce the number of unsolicited credit and insurance offers that you receive via the mail. If you decide that you don’t want to receive pre screened offers of credit and insurance, you have two choices: You can opt out of receiving them for five years or…
