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Housing Court 17 / Contempt 2

Here’s how I prepared and filed the Housing Court Order to Show Cause to Punish for Contempt: I took home the forms I collected from the Housing Court Clerk (2d floor at 111 Centre Street) and read them carefully before … Continue reading

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Housing Court 16 / Contempt 1

When last I was in Housing Court, on January 31, 2013, I learned something very exciting. If the landlord whose actions — or, more accurately, inactions — have been going on for quite a while and you, the petitioner, have … Continue reading

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Before you sign a residential lease, you should do this

I’m still worried about Charanna Alexander and the anxious time she wrote so eloquently about in the Metropolitan Section of the Sunday New York Times. I’ve been thinking that the New York real estate market, especially for rentals, is so … Continue reading

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