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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: Whitestone, Queens

Whitestone is a residential neighborhood in the northernmost part of Queens, New York City. It is bordered by the East River to the north, College Point and the Whitestone Expressway to the west, Flushing and 25th Avenue to the south, and Bayside and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the east.

Within Whitestone is the subsection of Malba, bounded by the East River to the north, the Whitestone Expressway to the east, 14th Avenue to the south, and 138th Street to the west. Malba has been described in a New York Times article as one of the few “elite enclaves” of Queens.

Whitestone falls within Queens Community District 7 and has the ZIP Code 11357. It is served by the New York City Police Department’s 109th Precinct and is represented politically by the New York City Council’s 19th District.

  • History

Dutch settlers attributed the name of the town to the limestone that used to be present on the river shore, according to a popular tradition. This tradition finds support in 17th-century wills and deeds, documented in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, which make reference to “the white stone” as a local landmark and survey reference point.

Much of the area was once the estate of Francis Lewis, a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. During the Revolutionary War, the estate was subject to a British raid, resulting in the burning of Lewis’s house, although he himself was not present. His wife was taken prisoner during the raid. Whitestone was temporarily renamed Clintonville after DeWitt Clinton, the former governor of New York, and this etymology is reflected in the name of Clintonville Street in the neighborhood.

In the late 19th century, the area saw the construction of many mansions by wealthy New Yorkers, often on land that had previously been farmland or woodland. Rapid development followed in the 1920s with the expansion of trolley and Long Island Rail Road train services on the Whitestone Branch into the neighborhood. While this rail service ceased during the Great Depression, part of the right-of-way was later repurposed by Robert Moses to aid in the construction of the Belt Parkway, including the Whitestone Expressway, which now runs along the southeast edge of the former Flushing Airport and through Whitestone. The airport has been abandoned since 1985.

  • Demographics

Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, Whitestone had a population of 30,773, which was a decrease of 583 (1.9%) from the 31,356 counted in 2000. With an area of 1,584.85 acres (641.37 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 19.4 inhabitants per acre (12,400/sq mi; 4,800/km2).

The racial composition of Whitestone was 68.1% (20,956) White, 0.8% (242) African American, 0.1% (18) Native American, 17.4% (5,362) Asian, 0.0% (2) Pacific Islander, 0.3% (90) from other races, and 1.1% (351) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.2% (3,752) of the population.

As part of Community Board 7, which includes Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone, the total population was 263,039 according to NYC Health’s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.3 years. This exceeds the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most residents are middle-aged or elderly, with 22% between the ages of 25 and 44, 30% between 45 and 64, and 18% over 65. The percentage of youth and college-aged residents is lower, at 17% and 7% respectively.

The median household income in Community Board 7 as of 2017 was $51,284. In 2018, an estimated 25% of residents in Whitestone and Flushing lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. The unemployment rate was 6%, lower than the rates in Queens (8%) and New York City (9%). Rent burden, or the percentage of residents struggling to pay rent, was 57% in Whitestone and Flushing, higher than the boroughwide and citywide rates. As of 2018, Whitestone and Flushing are considered high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.

  • Points of interest

Notable buildings in Whitestone include St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church and Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church. Grace Episcopal Church, situated on Clintonville Street, was erected in 1858 on land donated by the family of Francis Lewis. The Whitestone Hebrew Centre, established in 1929, comprises two buildings on Clintonville Street. The Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, featuring a distinctive great blue onion dome added in 1991, was constructed in 1968 (the original building dates back to 1916). Additionally, the Greek Orthodox Church, Holy Cross, also known as “Timios Stavros,” is situated on 150th Street.

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