Transit Strike HC procedure

[Anna]

New York City Civil Court
Housing Part


News

In the event of a transit strike, there will be no defaults taken. If the strike continues beyond January 2, 2006, check back here for more information. Marshals will not execute evictions until the strike is over.
http://nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/housing/news.shtml

That's the whole official message.
How it works: get to court if you can; if you can't, your case will be adjourned & the court will send you a postcard with a new date on it. Do not miss that date.

If you have an atty, call her: she can arrange a mutually convenient date w/LL's atty.

Check online here for your proceeding's status: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/caseTrac/jsp/ecourt.htm
click Court Calendar, then Housing.
Note: the calendars are not updated instantly: they seem to be updated once a day (midnight?).

Also: there probably will be updated info on the interactive tel line or there should be another special tel# for announcements (there was post 9/11):

Interactive Telephone Service

Another valuable Civil Court service is the interactive telephone service, which provides legal and procedural information. It is available at (646) 386-5700 for general Civil and Small Claims matters or (646) 386-5750 for Housing matters. The service is also provided 24 hours and is available in Spanish.

http://nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/housing/services.shtml#its

<small>[ December 20, 2005, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: Anna ]</small>

[TenantNet]

According to one source, there is (every year) and unofficial moratorium on holiday evictions. The souce stated:

"The moratorium is organized through the Marshal's Association ... they have set Monday December 19th as the last day for evictions, with the moratorium beginning Tuesday December 20th and continuing through January 2nd. Marshal's are not obligated to honour the moratorium, but most do. You should call each marshal individually to confirm their participation in the moratorium. Do not take it for granted..."

[Anna]

The official NYS courts website has finally posted something re the strike:

In the event of a transit strike in New York City, the courts will remain open.
Court employees should make reasonable efforts to report to work.Jurors can click here for instructions regarding reporting for jury service.

http://www.nycourts.gov/home.htm

This from the NYLJ:

In the event of a transit strike, attorneys, court employees and others can get information by calling either 800-COURT-NY or 888-COURT-NY. Information will also be available on the court system's Web site at www. nycourts.gov.

http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/index.jsp

<small>[ December 20, 2005, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: Anna ]</small>