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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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  • Geography

The coordinates of Lindenhurst are 40°41′7′′N 73°22′20′′W (40.685400, -73.372228).

The settlement has a total area of 10.0 km2 (3.8 sq mi), of which 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.577%) is water and 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) is land, according to the United States Census Bureau.

The Great South Bay borders Lindenhurst on the south, West Babylon to the east, North Lindenhurst to the north, North Amityville to the northwest, and Copiague to the west.

  • History

The community was first called “Breslau” since the German settlers came from the city of Breslau in Silesia (now known as Wrocław, Poland). The town was renamed Lindenhurst in 1891 after it was formed in 1873.

Hurricane Sandy inundated more than half of the village’s streets on October 30, 2012. The water level on the southern side of Montauk Highway was as high as six feet (1.8 meters). Firefighters were able to contain many fires that started south of Montauk Highway to the residences where they were first located, preventing additional damage to nearby homes. The majority of the Town of Babylon’s firefighters contributed to the containment of the Lindenhurst fires. The fires were put out by firefighters in four feet in the higher parts and six feet in the lower ones of the water. For more than a week, residents of Lindenhurst’s northern neighborhood were without electricity. Police had to set restrictions when looting events occurred in the abandoned residences on Lindenhurst’s southern edge. Only those with evidence of residency were permitted south of the Montauk Highway, and curfews were strictly enforced. The water subsided after two days.

  • Demographics

The village has 27,253 residents as of the 2010 US census, living in 8,638 homes with 3.17 people per household. There were 7,248.1 people per square mile (2,798.5/km2) in the population.

Of the 6,665 housing units, 15.1% were located in multi-unit buildings. The percentage of homeowners was 86.0%. Owner-occupied dwelling units had a median value of $392,100. Twenty.7% of occupied housing units were occupied by renters, while 3.6% of unoccupied housing units were occupied.

The village’s racial composition was 2.6% of people from two or more races, 3.3% African Americans, 0.1% Native Americans, 1.8% Asians, and 0.0% Pacific Islanders, out of a total of 86.5% White people. Of all races, 18.1% of persons identified as Hispanic or Latino. Non-Hispanic White people made up 82.9% of the village’s population.

Of the 8,638 households, 37.6% included people under the age of 18, 26.5% included people over 65, 58.2% consisted of married couples living together, 12.2% included a female householder living alone, and 24.4% did not include a family. Individuals made up 19.3% of all households, and 8.1% of them had a single person 65 years of age or older. The average size of a family was 3.35 while the average size of a household was 2.92.

There were a variety of age groups in the village: 5.0% under 5, 22.5% under 18, 6.3% from 20 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% over 65.

Of those who were at least 25 years old, 88.3% had completed high school, and 21.2% had earned a bachelor’s degree or above. For employees 16 years of age and older, the average commute time to work was 31.2 minutes.

In the village, the average household income was $85,345. The village’s per capita income was $31,275. The proportion of people living in poverty was 2.9%.

  • Public schools

The Lindenhurst Union Free School District serves the entirety of the Village of Lindenhurst as well as the majority of North Lindenhurst and a tiny portion of West Babylon.

There were 6,760 pupils enrolled in the Lindenhurst Union Free School District as of the 2010–2011 academic year. 3% of non-Hispanic black or African-American people, 14% Hispanic or Latino people, 80% non-Hispanic white people, 3% Asian people or Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, and 0% multiracial people made up the racial demographics. A total of 11% of kids qualified for free meal, 5% for reduced-price lunch, and 4% had low proficiency in English. 14.6% of pupils fell under the “special ed” category.

Ninety-one percent of students in the district graduated, while one percent did not finish their education. A Regents Diploma was awarded to 93% of graduates, while an Advanced Designation Regents Diploma was awarded to 54%. Of the 2011 graduates, 49% intended to continue their education in a four-year institution, 29% in a two-year institution, 0% in another type of post-secondary education, 1% in the armed forces, 8% in the workplace, 2% in adult services, 0% in another type of post-secondary education, and 11% in no known post-secondary plan.

As of right now, the district has:

Six elementary schools (grades K-5)
(name) – (number of students) – (spot in Lindenhurst)

  • Albany Avenue, North West – 470 students
  • 300 kids on Alleghany Avenue in the South East
  • Daniel Street, North East – 507 pupils
  • Harding Avenue, South South – 295 students
  • 321 kids at West Gates Avenue in South West
  • William Rall – North North – 518 pupils

One middle school (grades 6–8)

  • Middle School in Lindenhurst

One high school (grades 9–12)

  • Senior High School at Lindenhurst

The middle school was classified as “In Need of Improvement (Year 1) Basic” for the 2011–2012 academic year, but the high school and all seven of the original primary schools were classified as “In Good Standing”. The district’s overall Accountability Status was “In Good Standing”.

After the 2010–2011 school year, Edward W. Bower Elementary School closed because of the building’s age and the small number of students enrolled. Harding Avenue’s building is substantially newer, even though its student population was even smaller at the time. Though Bower is no longer in use as an elementary school, the Lindenhurst Academy is currently housed there.

  • Transportation

The Long Island Rail Road’s Babylon Branch passes via the Lindenhurst rail station.

The Suffolk County Transit lines 2 (Amityville LIRR to Patchogue LIRR via Merrick Road/Montauk Highway) and 10 (Amityville LIRR to Babylon LIRR) both offer bus service in Lindenhurst.

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