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Your landlord has a lawyer. The court is intimidating. Your eviction notice says you have days to respond. This is the book your landlord hopes you never find. When Joseph Thompson's friend and original landlord passed away, a simple holdover case exploded into a complex legal war. He discovered the opposing party had no legal right to be in court-a fatal flaw that should have ended the case instantly. But when the system failed to acknowledge this, he was forced to become his own lawyer, learning how to weaponize obscure legal procedures to fight back. The NYC Tenant's Jurisdictional Defense is not another generic renter's rights pamphlet. This is a battle-tested, tactical manual written from the trenches of New York City Housing Court. It reveals a counterintuitive strategy: stop trying to merely delay your eviction and start attacking its very legal foundation to have it thrown out completely. Inside, you will learn how to: Uncover the ""Fatal Flaw"" Identify when your landlord lacks legal standing to sue you-such as after the death of the original owner, fraudulent deeds, or illegal apartment conversions. Master Emergency Tools: File an Order to Show Cause (OSC) with a temporary stay to halt an eviction in its tracks, buying critical time to fight. Conduct a Forensic Investigation: Use public databases like ACRIS (deeds) and DOB BIS (building permits) to expose ownership fraud and illegal dwellings. Navigate the Court System: Get plain-English explanations of every person in the courtroom-from the Process Server and Court Clerk to the Judge and Marshal-and exactly how to work with (or around) them. Execute Housing-Specific Strategies: Deploy tailored defenses whether you live in a private building, NYCHA public housing, or a rooming house in the Bronx, Queens, or Manhattan. Build an Unbeatable Paper Trail: Create sworn affidavits, demand discovery, document judicial bias, and assemble evidence with a step-by-step binder system. Race the Marshal: Execute the emergency last-resort appeal (CPLR 5704) to stop a wrongful eviction when time has run out. Written in clear, actionable language, this guide demystifies complex legal terms like ab initio, substitution, and Article 78 proceeding. It provides real-world scenarios, filled-in form templates, and scripts for dealing with court personnel. Who is this book for? Tenants facing eviction who cannot afford a lawyer. Residents of private apartments, NYCHA housing, and rooming houses. Advocates, community organizers, and housing counselors. Anyone who wants to understand the hidden vulnerabilities in landlord-tenant law. Disclaimer: The author is not an attorney. This book offers strategic information based on lived experience and public court procedures. It is not a substitute for personalized legal advice from a licensed professional. Arm yourself with knowledge. Fight the system with its own rules. Defend your home.

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