Q: Landlord evicted us, went to court and we only have 4 days. Shouldn't it be a little longer like 30 days. I live in NY
We were evicted for failure to pay rent even though a charity was going to mail a check for our rent to her. We went to court and they gave us 4 days.. we need more time and we have 3 babies. Can't we get longer such as 30 days? I live in Troy NY I don't know why it won't let me change the location.
A:
It is difficult to determine what stage of the eviction process you are in from your question. It sounds as if you appeared in court and requested an adjournment and were granted four days, but you could mean that a judgment was issued and the judge stayed the warrant of eviction for four days. Or, the warrant has already been issued and you were told you had four days to vacate. In each of those scenarios, you cannot get 30 days, at this point, unless you have a basis for an extension.
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Barry E. Janay agrees with this answer
A: Go to the court ask for the pro se help to get an Order to Show Cause to postpone the eviction.
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