If you want to start an HP action against the property owner, go to the Clerk's Office at the Housing Court. You do not need a lawyer to start an HP case. For more information about HP actions, visit the website of the New York State Unified Court System.
The petition must be brought by a person who has a right to recover the property. This may be a landlord, a primary tenant, a roommate who holds a lease in his or her name, an estate, etc.
Go to the Landlord-Tenant Clerk's office and fill out a court form called a Petition in Support of an Order to Show Cause. If you can, bring your lease, rent receipts, utility bills and mail addressed to you at your home. If the Judge signs the Order to Show Cause, you will get a court date a day or two away.
Overview. In New York State, an eviction of a tenant is lawful only if an owner has brought a court proceeding and obtained a judgment of possession from the court. A sheriff, marshal or constable can carry out a court ordered eviction. An owner may not evict a tenant by use of force or unlawful means.
The filer needs to have a User ID and Password. By those means, the filer can enter the system and consent to the use of NYSCEF for a new matter or, in a mandatory case, record the filer's representation.
ELECTRONIC FILING THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE COURTS ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM IS MANDATORY FOR ALL CASES COMMENCED IN THIS COURT (EXCEPT ARTICLE 70 AND 78 PROCEEDINGS, AND MATRIMONIAL, MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND ELECTION LAW MATTERS).
You're required to electronically file your return if you meet all three of the following conditions: you use software to prepare your own personal income tax return; and. your software supports the electronic filing of your return; and. you have broadband Internet access.
Generally, you must file a New York State resident income tax return if you are a New York State resident and meet any of the following conditions: You have to file a federal return.
In general, no person is required to file information returns electronically in a calendar year unless the person is required to file at least 10 returns during that calendar year. Persons required to file fewer than 10 returns during the calendar year may file electronically or on paper.
STARTING A CASE. All actions (other than Article 78, Mental Hygiene Law, election law, and matrimonial cases and Article 70 habeas corpus proceedings) must be commenced electronically in Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York County, and all subsequent filings in those cases must be made electronically.