Author Archives: Friedman & Ranzenhofer

New York Landlord 2023 Legal Compliance Update Webinar

New York Landlord 2023 Legal Compliance Update Webinar

Landlords and property managers will learn how to comply with federal, state, and local laws and avoid common mistakes. Our New York attorney guest attorneys Robert Friedman and Justin Friedman will explain landlords’ rights and responsibilities including: • Illegal lease clauses • Case studies of complicated evictions • How accepting ERAP payments affects rent increases […]

How to Cash Saving Bonds Without Probate

How to Cash Saving Bonds Without Probate

What is a non-administered estate? The estate is a non-administered estate with regard to savings bonds if: No person named on the bond is living. The estate has: Not been and will not be formally administered through a court. Not been and will not be settled under special provisions of state law relating to small […]

NY Tenant Screening Discrimination

NY Tenant Screening Discrimination

New York landlords and  real estate brokers who screen prospective tenants during the application process must know the difference between legitimate questions and discriminatory questions that could violate fair housing laws. Landlords may establish set financial and credit qualifications to determine if the applicant will be a good tenant.  Qualifications and inquiries must be applied […]

Serving Your Spouse with Divorce Papers

Serving Your Spouse with Divorce Papers

Do you want to initiate the divorce procedure and serve your spouse?  Check out this video about serving your spouse with divorce papers and then contact our office for navigation. When clients call me as a Rochester Divorce Lawyer looking to file for divorce, they often have questions about serving their spouse with divorce papers. […]

Court Rejects NY Landlords’ Claims That Eviction Moratorium Is Unconstitutional

Court Rejects NY Landlords’ Claims That Eviction Moratorium Is Unconstitutional

The  U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY in Elmsford Apartments Associates LLC v. Cuomo  rejected New York landlords’ claims that the New York Covid-19 eviction moratorium (the “Moratorium”) violated their rights under the contracts, takings, due process and petition clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The court ruled that: 1) The moratorium did […]

NY Child Victims Act and Boy Scouts Of America Bankruptcy

NY Child Victims Act and Boy Scouts Of America Bankruptcy

On February 17, 2020, the Boy Scouts of America announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, a decision with far-reaching implications for survivors of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of Scout leaders and other adults within the organization.   Most significantly, if survivors wish to recover damages from the Boy Scouts of America […]

New Yorkers’ Right To Record Police Activity

New Yorkers’ Right To Record Police Activity

Effective July 14, 2020, the New Yorker’s Right to Monitor Act (the “Act”), officially gives persons not under arrest, or in the custody of a law enforcement, the right to record police activity.   The Act further gives such persons the right to maintain custody and control of recordings of police activities as well as the […]

Going to Jail for Distracted Driving in New York

Going to Jail for Distracted Driving in New York

Did you get in an accident because of distracted driving? Watch this video to learn if you might end up going to jail for distracted driving in New York? Unfortunately, we’ve had a few instances in Western New York where distracted drivers have crashed into other vehicles, on the New York State Thruway, and killed […]