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The purpose of federal bankruptcy legislation, sometimes known as Title 11 of the United States Code or the “Bankruptcy Code,” is to provide an opportunity for financial reorganization or a fresh start for legitimate debtors who are unable to fulfill their obligations.

Foreclosure Solutions 

As you are undoubtedly aware, many homeowners are in arrears on their mortgages as a result of the 2020 recession brought on by the coronavirus. At first, most lenders had been understanding and would have granted a brief suspension of the late payments.

Debt Negotiations & Settlements 

Clients regularly hire the Law Office of Ronald D. Weiss, P.C. to represent them in negotiations with banks, mortgage holders, credit card issuers, auto financing providers, landlords, tax authorities, and other creditors.

Mortgage Loan Modifications 

The most common strategy used by our firm to prevent a house in severe mortgage arrears from going into foreclosure is a mortgage modification. Mortgage modification and other potential Retention Options are the potential goals of most homeowners in foreclosure because most people experiencing serious hardships with their mortgages are looking for “Retention Options

Credit Card Solutions 

For consumers, credit card debt and other unsecured personal loans are the most common types of debt. There are a few legal options for handling credit card debt, including the following: Litigation, bankruptcy, and/or negotiated settlements are the three options.

Debtor Litigation Defense 

Many of The Law Office of Ronald D. Weiss, P.C.’s clients face the possibility of litigation or collection activities from their creditors because they are accused of having debt that they are unable to pay or because they contest the existence, amount, or obligation of the debt.

Landlord Tenant Solutions

Landlord-Tenant Law is one of our firm’s areas of expertise; we defend landlords and tenants in a variety of legal proceedings before the Landlord-Tenant Court and the New York Supreme Court. When it comes to eviction and/or collecting large amounts of past due rent.

Distressed Real Estate 

A. Pre-Contract When a seller (the “Seller”) sells real estate to a buyer (the “Buyer”), there are usually a number of important steps involved. A seller will first list their property on the market for sale. A real estate broker is frequently hired by the seller to help locate possible buyers for their property.

Student Loan Solutions

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” as Benjamin Franklin famously said. This phrase has recently been amended by popular opinion to include student loans. Since most jobs these days require a bachelor’s degree, the amount of debt that Americans owe on their student loans

Tax Debt Solutions 

Many people have trouble keeping up with their tax payments to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (“NYS”), which includes sales taxes, income taxes, payroll taxes, and other state taxes, as well as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), which includes individual income taxes.

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  • WELCOME : Fort Totten, Queens

Fort Totten is a former active US Army installation located in Queens, New York City. It is located on the Willets Point peninsula on Long Island’s north shore. Fort Totten is located near the head of Little Neck Bay, where the East River widens to form Long Island Sound. While the US Army Reserve still has a presence at the fort, the site is currently owned by the City of New York. The area is served by MTA Regional Bus Operations Q13 and Q16 buses.

  • History

Civil War era

Construction began on the Fort at Willets Point in 1862 (named Fort Totten in 1898), after the land was purchased by the U.S. Government in 1857 from the Willets family. The fort is close to the Queens neighborhoods of Bay Terrace, Bayside, Beechhurst, and Whitestone. The original purpose was to defend the East River approach to New York Harbor, combined with the preceding Fort Schuyler, which faces it from Throggs Neck in the Bronx on the opposite side of the river entrance. The fort was among several forts of the third system of seacoast defense in the United States begun in the first year of the Civil War. The initial design was drawn up by Robert E. Lee in 1857 and modified during construction by Chief Engineer Joseph G. Totten. Unusually, it was designed with four tiers of cannon facing the water totaling 68 guns. In the United States, only Castle Williams on Governors Island, Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, and Fort Point in San Francisco shared this feature.

1869-1890

In 1869, the Engineer School of Application was established at the future Fort Totten, where it remained until 1901. One of its initial missions was the development of underwater minefields, which, with some modernization, remained an important coast defense element through World War II. Major Henry Larcom Abbot, the first commander of the school, played a pivotal role in developing these defenses.

During the 1870s, two earthwork batteries were constructed. The first was a battery of 27 guns as part of a short-lived fort improvement program, while the second was a battery of 16 mortars. The latter served as the prototype for the “Abbot Quad” arrangement, devised by Major Abbot, and was utilized for the first 12-inch coast defense mortar deployments in the 1890s. Additionally, in 1871, a tunnel was constructed, connecting the upper 27-gun battery with the incomplete fort.

In 1890, the Engineer School conducted experiments with the Sims torpedo, an electric self-propelled torpedo partly designed by Thomas Edison.

  • Current status

The current military presence at Fort Totten is primarily focused on the 77th Sustainment Brigade, its subordinate units, and the 533rd Brigade Support Battalion of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Much of the fort has been repurposed into a public park and is open for tours by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Accessible via the Cross Island Parkway and Clearview Expressway (I-295), the Fort Totten Visitor’s Center has been renovated and now houses a museum featuring exhibits about the fort’s history.

Sections of the fort are utilized by the New York Police Department (including former naval minefield facilities) and the FDNY as a training center. Additionally, the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 12-1, is situated here.

During the winter months, a diverse array of migratory waterfowl can be spotted in the surrounding waters: Little Bay to the west, Long Island Sound to the north, and Little Neck Bay to the east. Many of the buildings within the fort are currently in a state of disrepair and remain unused.

Fort Totten Officers’ Club

The Fort Totten Officers’ Club, affectionately called “the Castle,” serves as the headquarters for the Bayside Historical Society, which organizes events, historic exhibitions, and cultural programs. This distinctive building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Designed by Robert E. Lee during his tenure as a military engineer before the Civil War, the club’s construction didn’t commence until the 1870s. However, there’s some speculation among historians about the actual attribution of the design, with some suggesting that it might have been the work of one of Lee’s subordinates, merely approved by Lee himself.

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