The Queens Courier •january 10, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Can You Get BaCk Your SeCuritY DepoSit,noW?! By: Amos Weinberg, Attorney at Law. 49 Somerset Drive South • Great Neck, NY 11020 516-829-3900 Ph: 516-829-3900 • Fax: 516-829-3915 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Who doesn’t fear when paying a held that a landlord who broke the law BEAT THE DEADBEATS! TM the landlord will make up all kinds Therefore, you can sue to get backhad to forfeit the security immediately.security deposit that, at the lease’s end, of damage and deductions to avoid your security immediately even with I’m Amos Weinberg, the Contingency Lawyer. Since paying it back? the lease still running. If you do, the 1978. If you want to sue a bad account and avoid Under recent New York law, a law forbids the landlord from making tenant may be able to turn the tables any deductions from the security, high legal costs, we need to talk. I do all the litigation on the landlord before that moment forces him to pay full interest on it, on a contingent fee of 25%, payable only out of comes. and also keeps him from making you recovered monies, with no upfront costs. New York has always had a strict replenish it. law forcing the landlord to keep the If you paid in cash, or can’t find the Visit my website! AmosLegal.com landlord deposited your security check where your security was deposited,front and back of your checks to seesecurity in trust. This meant that if the and a rent check into the same bank no problem.— Under the law, your CASES BROUGHT IN: account, he broke the law. landlord had to give you written notice The 5 Boroughs • Long Island • Westchester Until a couple of years ago, you had of the name and address of any bank in to wait until the lease ended, before which he deposited the security, and if you could force a landlord who broke he didn’t, you can sue right away and SITTING ON YOUR RECEIVABLES However, appeals courts have now in a proper, separate account.he has to prove that he put the securitythis law, to pay back the security. WON’T MAKE THEM HATCH!TM AdvertoriAl Incredible Support That Will Never Be Forgotten Sinai Memorials respects all Jewish traditions and customs, has a compassionate staff that is second to none, and has three generations of experience serving New Y rk’s Jewish families.o Funeral Directors & Planners Dignified and comfortable chapel, located in Fresh Meadows, Queens DVD and real-time webcast of chapel services, at no additional cost Funeral services at locations throughout the New York Metro area Our staff Rabbi is available to answer your questions Costs are reasonable and all family budgets are accommodated Experts to guide monument selection or FDIC insured pre-planning Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors & Planners 162-05 Horace Harding Expressway, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 718.445.0300 or 800.446.0406 We are here 24 hours, to serve your family. We offer FDIC insured pre-planning. www.JewishFunerals.com
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