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Bankruptcy Solutions 

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 : Hollis, Queens

Located between Jamaica to the west and Queens Village to the east, Hollis is a middle-class residential neighborhood in the southeast of the New York City borough of Queens. It is primarily home to African Americans, although there are small populations of Hispanics and South Asians as well. The neighborhood’s boundaries are defined as 181st Street to the west, Hillside Avenue to the north, Francis Lewis Boulevard to the east, and Murdock Avenue to the south.

The 103rd Precinct of the New York City Police Department patrols Hollis, which is in Queens Community District 12 and has the ZIP codes 11423 and 11412. Hollis is represented politically by the 23rd and 27th Districts of the New York City Council.

  • History

In the seventeenth century, Dutch homesteaders were the first European settlers. It was the scene of a portion of the conflict of Long Island, which took place early in the American Revolutionary War a century later. In this conflict, revolutionary Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull was taken at a tavern on what is now Jamaica Avenue. In honor of him, Hollis has named Woodhull Avenue. Prior to developers turning 136 acres (55 ha) into homes in 1885, the area was rural; today, single-family homes still make up the majority of the development in the area. It was incorporated into New York City together with the western Queens County communities in 1898. African-American families have inhabited the neighborhood mainly since the end of the Korean War.

  • Demographics

Hollis’s population was 20,269 in 2010 according to data from the US Census, down 478 (2.3%) from the 26,061 recorded in 2000. The neighborhood, which occupied 525.10 acres (212.50 ha), had a population density of 38.6 people per acre (24,700/sq mi; 9,500/km2).

The neighborhood’s racial composition was 64.0% (12,973) African American, 2.3% (460) White, 0.6% (126) Native American, 0.1% (20) Pacific Islander, 4.8% (974) other racial groups, and 4.3% (876) from two or more racial groups. There were 2,673 Hispanics and Latinos overall, making up 13.2% of the population.

  • Education

As of 2018, the percentage of residents in Hollis and Jamaica who have completed college is often lower than that of the rest of the city. Of the population aged 25 and over, 29% have completed college or more, 19% have not completed high school, and 51% have either completed high school or some college. In comparison, 43% of city dwellers and 39% of Queens residents both possess a college degree or above. Math proficiency among Hollis and Jamaica pupils increased from 36% in 2000 to 55% in 2011, while reading proficiency marginally increased from 44% to 45% in the same year.

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