These thirteen residential lease riders help NY landlords: Avoid fines and housing discrimination claims Quickly evict problematic tenants Successfully collect unpaid rent and damages Avoid premises liability lawsuits Improve communication with tenants Avoid security deposit disputes 1. Bed Bug Rider Bed bugs enter dwellings by latching on to used furniture, luggage, and clothing, and by […]
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The New York Good Cause Eviction law, enacted on April 20, 2024, significantly affects the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants by limiting evictions, requiring lease renewals, and capping rent increases for most market rate apartments in New York City, and potentially, other villages, towns, or cities throughout NY state. Good Cause Eviction is […]
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How much are the 2024 Medicare benefit deductibles? Hospital deductible: $1,632, co-insurance (days 61-90): $408/day, and skilled nursing facility co-insurance (days 21-100): $204/day. How much are the 2024 NY Medicaid Institutional and Community/Home Care resource and income allowances? (Community / Home Care Benefits are in parenthesis): resource allowance $31,175, income allowance $50 ($1732), community spouse resource […]
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The New York State Surrogate’s Courts have jurisdiction over all actions and proceedings relating to the affairs of decedents. This includes the probate of wills (testate) and the administration of estates (intestate), small estates, ancillary proceedings, disputed claims, discovery proceedings, accountings, compromise and settlement of wrongful death actions, guardianships of the person and property of […]
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Plaintiff Meghan Brown suffered a traumatic brain injury when the door of a commercial building shattered as she exited through it. She was awarded more than $35 million by a Manhattan, New York jury on March 28, 2024. The jury found Defendant 271 Madison Co. negligent and 100% liable for her injuries. They awarded her […]
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Even if you signed your parent’s New York nursing home admissions agreement, you cannot be sued for their nursing home bill if you did not have access to their funds. Do not let the nursing home lawyers try to tell you otherwise by threatening “breach of contract” lawsuits. Nursing home lawyers have been sued for […]
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Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is hiring. Due to rapid growth in commercial litigation, landlord-tenant, personal injury, DWI/criminal defense, estate litigation, and family/matrimonial law cases, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC has announced the immediate job opening for a Senior Litigation Attorney Associate. Location: Williamsville, NY and Akron, NY Founded in 1955, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is a […]
IMPORTANT BHG CLASS ACTION UPDATE In June 2024, the Dombrow Law Firm  voluntarily dismissed with prejudice the Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) class action lawsuit. However, Friedman & Ranzenhofer, PC is still accepting clients who are being sued by BHG in Onondaga County, NY, Supreme Court A proposed class action alleges that Bankers Healthcare Group (“BHG”) and […]
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Amazon requires its drivers to deliver as many as 250 packages in an eight-hour shift, which is a pace of less than two minutes per package, according to a personal injury accident lawsuit. Amazon has been sued in a Newark, New Jersey federal court for $3 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive […]