New York has passed a COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act. No foreclosure action may be initiated until at least May 1, 2021 if a borrower submits a hardship declaration to the foreclosing party. In December 2020, New York passed the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act. At that time, the act stopped…
JUDGE ORDERS DACA PROGRAM OPENED TO NEW ENROLLEES The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was enacted by the Obama administration in 2012. It provides protection from deportation to non-citizens brought to this country as children; who have grown up here, yet lacked legal status; and who enroll in this valuable program. It provides…
SCTPVA introduces TPLEAS The Suffolk County traffic parking and violations agency (SCTPVA) recently started using a new system called TPLEAS. This system is an Online Dispute Resolution system for certain traffic tickets. A court clerk told me that SCTPVA recently mailed out 25,000 notices which looked something like the below notice. The SCTPVA sent these…
Landlord tenant eviction & bankruptcy If you are facing an eviction, call an experienced attorney right away to protect your rights. Call Ronald S. Cook, Esq. 1-888-275-2620 When a landlord starts the eviction process, a tenant can use bankruptcy to deal with the eviction. The timing of things is very important. A tenant should retain…
