EMAIL ISSUE RESOLVED
Recently, it was discovered that my jmpattorney.com email server was down resulting in duplicate emails being sent - the issue has been resolved and I apologize for any inconvenience.From...
View ArticleMORE RE: SUPERSTORM SANDY
From the Town of Hempstead website:"Now extended through September 30, 2014, the Hempstead Town Clerk’s Office is waiving fees for replacement birth, death and marriage certificates, as well as...
View ArticleAND EVEN MORE RE: SUPERSTORM SANDY
From the Town of Hempstead website:"Hempstead Town is waiving building department permit fees (building permit and plumbing permit fees) for “in-kind” reconstruction and replacement of homes damaged by...
View ArticleINDICTMENT ON SUPERSTORM SANDY SCAM - UNLICENSED PLUMBER?
Some homeowners can only seek relief in civil litigation when dealing with issues with home improvement contractors. In this case dealing with a plumber and Sandy victims, the district attorney stepped...
View ArticleWHEN TAX AUTHORITIES PIERCE THE CORPORATE VEIL
From an email from COHEN GREVE &; COMPANY CPA, P.C.: Responsible Person: Payroll Taxes and AccountabilityAn employer is required to withhold Federal and State payroll taxes from employee wages and...
View ArticleZOMBIE HOMES
Yesterday, I was one of several volunteer attorneys at the Nassau County Bar Association Mortgage Foreclosure Assistance clinics.And yesterday, Associated Press had a story on "zombie homes" that was...
View ArticleHOME REPAIR SCAMS
It was reported today that SBA loans will be available for flooding victims of this summer's storm. On August 20, the governor's office issued the following warning in light of the flood damage...
View ArticleMORTGAGE MODIFICATION SCAMS
While looking into today's story of a Queens woman arrested for a mortgage foreclosure scam, I discovered this article from June which showed that since "2010, more than 40,000 homeowners have...
View ArticleFEMA SEEKING CERTAIN SANDY CLAIMS TO BE REPAID
http://news.msn.com/us/fema-wants-at-least-dollar58m-in-sandy-aid-repaid#tscptme)From http://jmpattorney.blogspot.com/
View ArticlePUBLIC HOUSING AND FAMILY
See this article which has appeared in many of today's papers:http://bigstory.ap.org/article/public-housing-safety-policy-can-hit-whole-familyThe Housing Opportunity Program Extension ("HOPE") Act of...
View ArticleNY RISING AND SANDY VICTIMS
As reported yesterday in Newsday:http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/long-island-sandy-victims-express-frustration-over-ny-rising-1.9306150From http://jmpattorney.blogspot.com/
View ArticleSENIOR CLINIC TODAY AT NASSAU COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Today I will be a volunteer lawyer at the NCBA Senior Citizen Consultation Clinic. Each month, attorneys give free 30-minute private consultations to Nassau County residents 65 years of age and over....
View ArticleNEW YORK DIVORCE - MAINTENANCE NOT TERMINATED WHEN SPOUSE RESIDES WITH PARENTS
I found this case interesting - Vega v. Papaleo, 119 A.D.3d 1139, --- N.Y.S.2d --- (Third Dept. 2014)(2014 WL 3360341)(2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 05237)(Jul. 10, 2014) - and a reminder that if a spouse is...
View ArticleNEW YORK FAMILY LAW - FAMILY DISPUTES AND VISITATION
Yesterday, I reported on a case regarding what payor spouse may allege regarding spousal maintenance when recipient spouse moves in with parents.Sometimes, a spouse returning to live with parents after...
View ArticleSANDY/FORECLOSURE CLINIC TODAY
Today is the Nassau County Bar Association Mortgage Foreclosure/Superstorm Sandy Recovery Consultation Clinics from 3 to 6 p.m. To register call 516-747-4070 From http://jmpattorney.blogspot.com/
View ArticleNEW YORK REAL ESTATE - TITLE AGENT LICENSING
As I read recently in the NYSBA State Bar News, title insurance agents in New York are now required to register with the state, meet qualification standards and undergo regular training as part of the...
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SUPERSTORM SANDY: NEW YORK RISING AND LONG ISLAND
See: NEWSDAY - NY Rising OKs deals on 155 LI storm-hit homes for $59.5 millionFrom http://jmpattorney.blogspot.com/
View ArticleSTAR EXEMPTIONS AND REAL ESTATE TRANSFER IN 2014
Case: Until this year, your Basic STAR exemption renewed automatically. If you want your Basic STAR to renew for 2014, you would generally have to register for renewal before December 31, 2013.Seller...
View ArticleNEW YORK CHILD CUSTODY - SEEKING A HEARING ON MODIFYING A VISITATION ARRANGEMENT
Magee v Magee 2014 NY Slip Op 05163 Decided on July 9, 2014 Appellate Division, Second Department (emphasis supplied)""Modification of an existing visitation arrangement is permissible only upon the...
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