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A practical guide to New York public improvement liens, including claimant eligibility, the completion-and-acceptance deadline, filing offices, certified-mail service, Section 137 payment bonds, and enforcement.
Lien Law Section 12 seems pretty clear but its always nice to have the Appellate Division confirm that clarity. In Munoz Trucking Corp. v. Darcon Const.
Many, if not most, construction and development contracts contain provisions requiring notice of claim to be served within some specified period of time and in
In County Wide Flooring, Corp. v. Town of Huntington the Court was faced with a motion to discharge a public improvement lien and dismiss the foreclosure
The Suffolk County Supreme Court recently issued a decision affirming long established concept in construction law that says a subcontractor may not maintain an unjust
In a recent decision out of the First Department the Court held that the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is a “public
The First Department of the Appellate Division recently held that a contractor had waived certain claims in connection with a government contract because the contractor
Certain publicly bid and awarded contracts have to be approved by the New York Office of the State Comptroller (OCS). In those instances where you
Mechanic’s Lien on a Public Improvement Must be filed within thirty (30) days of the time that the project was completed and accepted (Lien Law
In Laws Constr. Corp. v. Town of Patterson (2nd Dept. January 2016), the plaintiff submitted the lowest bid to the Town of Patterson (the “Town”)
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