New York State Professional Process Servers Association News

BOB GULINELLO "BOBBY G" SCHOLARSHIP

Heather Mathe — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:21:05 GMT

In honor and remembrance of NYSPPSA founding member, 3rd President, mentor and dear friend Bob Gulinello, NYSPPSA will continue the Bob Gulinello Scholarship in order to keep his legacy alive.

BOBBY G PACKET 2025

NYSPPSA NEWS New York City DCWP Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Rules

Heather Mathe — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:01:29 GMT

NYC DCWP Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Rules

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 11am

Click on link for more information DCWP NOH - Process Servers.pdf

19TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

Heather Mathe — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:00:00 GMT

NYSPPSA is excited to announce our in-person 19th Annual Convention. November 10, 2024 starting at 9:00 am at 327 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573. SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY!!

ATTENTION NYC SERVERS

Heather Mathe — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:00:00 GMT

A NYC DCWP meeting is scheduled for public hearing at 11:00 a.m. on August 21, 2024. The hearing is accessible by phone and videoconference and will address the following:
We will be holding an informational meeting on Thursday, August 8^thto discuss the proposed changes and everyone’s suggestions about the changes. There will be two sessions (one at noon and the other at 5:00 p.m.). Please let us know which meeting, if any, you plan to attend. EMAIL admin@nysppsa.org to RSVP.

Changes in the law to reflect the use of affirmations in addition to or instead of affidavits, an amendment to Section 2-233 ( c) and ( e) of Chapter 2 of Title 6 of the RCNY to detail the records that process servers must retain in electronic format and clarify the format in which the records are kept must be in the format provided on the Department’s website and that process servers are required to produce such records in this format.

There is also a very troublesome addition as to the timing element of the records and a new “five minute rule” which does not take into account all aspects of service – The process server is not in compliance with this provision if its electronic record was made before the time of attempted or effected service. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the process server was not in compliance with this provision if its electronic record is made more than five minutes after the time of attempted or effected service.

Also, it adds another section that speaks to what each electronic record must include:

See pages 9-10 in the proposed rules.

In addition, it appears to seek to clarify service of process upon a business entity (see page 12)

Finally, it appears that there is a new section added, Section 2-235a Duty to Testify Truthfully which seems to speak about denying licenses to anyone who makes any false statement either under oath or in an affirmation/affidavit. The problem here is what is a false statement vs. a simple honest error.

Anyone who wants to comment on the proposed rules at the public hearing must sign up to speak by sending an email to Rulecomments@dcwp.nyc.gov. The hearing is for statements being made and not a question/answer format. I am going to speak, and I hope many of our members will, as well.

Paula Parrino, Esq.

President

NAPPS 43RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR, ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Heather Mathe — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:30:00 GMT

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2025 Annual Conference Ad Copy.pdf

https://napps.org/UpcomingEvents.aspx

BOB GULINELLO "BOBBY G" SCHOLARSHIP

Heather Mathe — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:04:03 GMT

BOB GULINELLO SCHOLARSHIP

In honor and remembrance of NYSPPSA founding member, our 3rd President, mentor and dear friend, Bob Gulinello, NYSPPSA will continue the Bob Gulinello Scholarship in order to keep his legacy alive. BOB G PACKET - 2024.pdf

18TH ANNUAL CONVENTON

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Wed, 17 May 2023 01:59:29 GMT

NYSPPSA is excited to announce our in-person 18th Annual Convention. November 5, 2023 starting at 9:00 am at 327 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573.

Convention Details:

THE NEW YORK STATE PROFESIONAL PROCESS SERVERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION BOOK 2023.pptx

Exhibitor Information: EXHIBITOR REG FORM.pdf EXHIBITOR PAYMENT FORM.pdf

Sponsor Information:

SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES-MAY 15 EDITION.pdf

SPONSORSHIP PAYMENT FORM-MAY 16 EDITION.pdf

BOB GULINELLO "BOBBY G" SCHOLARSHIP

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Wed, 10 May 2023 02:35:09 GMT

BOB GULINELLO SCHOLARSHIP

In honor and remembrance of NYSPPSA founding member, our 3rd President, mentor and dear friend, Bob Gulinello, NYSPPSA will continue the Bob Gulinello Scholarship in order to keep his legacy alive.

All the information to become an applicant can be found in the packet of information.

SCHOLARSHIP PACKET - 2023.pdf

Good luck,

Jillina Kwiatkowski and Brenda Geedy, Committee Chairs

Essential Business

Jason Tallman — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:17:41 GMT

Essential Business.pdf

Changes to RPL §226-c October 12, 2019

Jason Tallman — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:44:49 GMT

RPL §226-c Effective October 12, 2019

Landlords are required to give written notice of an intention to renew a residential lease with a rent increase equal to or greater than 5% above the current rent, or the intention not to renew the tenancy by the following schedule:

If tenant has occupied for less than 1 year and does not have a lease term of at least 1 year, landlord shall provide at least 30 days’ notice
If tenant has occupied for more than 1 year, but less than 2 years, landlord shall provide at least 60 days’ notice.
If tenant has occupied for more than 2 years or has a lease term of at least 2 years, landlord shall provide at least 90 days’ notice

Amendment to NYC Civil Housing Law

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:00:20 GMT

See amended Holdover and Non-Payment format change effective 9/30/19:

HOLDOVER AND NON-PAYMENT FORMAT CHANGE.pdf

BOB GULINELLO SCHOLARSHIP

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:29:17 GMT

In honor and remembrance of NYSPPSA founding member, our 3rd President, mentor and dear friend, Bob Gulinello, NYSPPSA will continue the Bob Gulinello Scholarship in order to keep his legacy alive.

All the information to become an applicant can be found in the packet of information.

SCHOLARSHIP PACKET - 2023.pdf

Good luck,

Jillina Kwiatkowski and Brenda Geedy, Committee Chairs

2019 CONVENTION SAVE THE DATE

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 01:41:56 GMT

The 2019 Convention is scheduled for September 20-22, 2019 at Long Island Marriott, 101 James Doolittle Blvd., Uniondale, NY 11553. Details coming soon for a chance to attend the 2020 Convention for FREE!!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 20:56:16 GMT

January 13, 2019 at 9:00 am - join NYSPPSA for their quarterly board meeting with the newly elected Board. This will be our first video teleconference meeting. All are invited to attend. More details to follow.

QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:48:55 GMT

Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, we are not able to live stream our board meeting, however, it will be posted afterward. We apologize

FOUNDING MEMBER, PAST PRESIDENT, BOB GULINELLO

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:06:12 GMT

It is with the deepest of sympathy and sadness that Bob Guilinello, a founding member, past president and Robert Marcus award recipient passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2018. Bobby G was a dedicated process server always striving to improve the process serving industry. He was a friendly man who had a warm smile and laugh for all that he met. NYSPPSA has lost a very dear friend. Our thoughts, prayers and sympathy is with his family and friends during this most difficult time. We love you Bobby G!!

Bobby G will be waked at Raynor & D'Aandrea Funeral Home, 245 Montauk Highway, West Sayville, NY on Saturday, 10/13/18 at 2:00-4:30pm and 7:00-9:30 pm with a chapel service at 8:00 p.m. Cremation services are private.

www.raynordandrea.com/notices/Robert-Gulinello

NYCPA Presentation on Service of Civil Process in New York

Jason Tallman — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:33:55 GMT

https://www.facebook.com/nysppsa1/videos/1820272811366581/

ON-LINE EDUCATION COMING SOON

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:00:43 GMT

NYSPPSA is excited to announce that we are currently working on an on-line education/certification course. Look for more news in the coming months!!

ORDER YOUR I.D. CARD TODAY

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:00:00 GMT

ORDER YOUR ID CARD TODAY!!

$20 per year or $30 for two years

Click on this attachment on how to take your photo:

PHoto id requirmets for nysppsa.pdf

Complete this payment form ID CARD PAYMENT FORM.pdf and email it with your photo to Brenda Geedy at admin@nysppsa.org. Contact me with any questions.

The next order will be placed at the end of April 2018.

REVISED CIVIL COURT POST CARD NEWS

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:40:23 GMT

IMPORTANT NEWS!!!

REVISED CIVIL COURT POST CARD NEWS!!

Please review the attached Administrative Orders of the Chief Administrative Judge for Civil Court regarding BOTH the Non Payment and Holdover postcards for landlord tenant cases.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact me at 914-328-1069 x. 201 (ellen@intercountyjudicial.com) OR Larry Yellon at 516-248-8270 (larry@intercountyjudicial.com)

CIVL COURT CARD.pdf

LANDT NEW POSTCARDS.pdf

ADVERTISE WITH NYSPPSA

Brenda J. Geedy (NYCPS) — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:51:36 GMT

Don't miss this great opportunity to advertise your process serving company with other process serving companies across New York State and the U.S. and Canada.

New this year - EMAIL BLAST SPONSORSHIP!!!

Click on this flyer for more details. 2018 AD RATES.pdf

Contact Brenda Geedy at admin@nysppsa.org if you have any questions!

Assembly Bill A03939 Needs Your Support

Jason Tallman — Tue, 09 May 2017 16:32:37 GMT

Senate Bill S0029 Process Server Log Book/Record Bill has passed. We now need to get Bill A03939 through the Assembly. It is incumbent upon ever NYSSPSA member to contact their assembly representative for the passage of this Bill. Click below to find your Assembly Representative, then email the template below. Time is of the essence. Let Your Voice Be Heard.

Click here for directions to create email

Traverse Hearing - A Process Servers Experience

Jason Tallman — Tue, 09 May 2017 15:48:03 GMT

I’ve been serving papers for 14 years. I recently had my first traverse hearing. I thought I’d share with you my experience.

Here’s the background to this case: I personally served the defendant a foreclosure action in March of 2009. He did not answer the complaint. His property was sold back to the Plaintiff at public auction in September 2010. The Plaintiff evicted the defendant in 2013. At some point in 2014, the defendant moved back into the vacant house without the Plaintiff’s permission or knowledge. He continued to live there until 2016 when the Plaintiff discovered that the defendant had moved back in. So the Plaintiff started a new eviction proceeding. The defendant was re-served eviction papers. Defendant then petitioned the Supreme Court for a traverse hearing, claiming he was never served for foreclosure and the judge granted him a traverse hearing.

The hearing was originally scheduled for May of 2016. However, over the course of the next 12 months, Defendant managed to get several adjournments as he tried to raise money to afford a lawyer who specializes in traverse hearings. He finally raised the funds and retained a lawyer from NYC. The hearing lasted almost three hours and I gave testimony for over an hour. The following are some of the highlights of the hearing (not necessarily in chronological order):

The defendant’s attorney asked me if I brought my logbook to court. Because I had done my homework before the hearing, I knew this was a common practice at traverse hearings in NYC. Cases in NYC sometimes get dismissed if the server doesn’t bring his logbook to the hearing. It appeared the defendant’s attorney was trying to hold me to the New York City standard found in Article 8a section 89 CC of the General Business Law. So I explained that the logbook requirement did not apply to me, that it applied specifically to New York City process servers only. I then pointed him to Article 8 section 89u, which applies to servers outside of New York City. He then argued that I was still required to keep a logbook according to Article 8 section 89u. I then mentioned to him that an appeals court had ruled on this issue of logbooks just a couple of years ago in other case. In that case, the appeals court explicitly stated that a logbook is not required in Article 8 section 89u. At that very moment the Plaintiff’s attorney pulled out a copy of that decision and handed it to the defendant's attorney. The defendant’s attorney asked the judge for a couple of minutes in order to read the appeals court decision. After reading it, he tried to save face but ultimately moved on to a different topic.

He then asked me if I brought the work ticket or any notes from this service, which occurred over eight years ago. I told him I did not. Once again I was able to point him to article 8 section 89u, which only requires process servers to keep records of their services for two years from the date of service. Again the attorney read that section and dropped that line of questioning.

Then he asked me for my driver’s license. He compared my signature on the driver’s license to my signature on the affidavit. Of course, after signing tens of thousands of affidavits, my signature had transformed into a scribble faintly resembling a cursive “J” and wasn’t as legible as my signature on my driver’s license. After bringing attention to these differing signatures, the attorney actually suggested that I was not signing my own affidavits. He suggested that I was mailing unsigned affidavits to my clients and that they were fraudulently signing and notarizing my affidavits for me. Then the judge spoke up and mentioned that in fact his own signature as a judge used to be legible in his early days on the bench but now after many years of signing court documents, his own signature had become a less defined scribble as well.

Next the defense attorney presented a printout of my LinkedIn page. He noted that I list my coverage area as Otsego, Delaware, and Schoharie Counties. He then suggested that since I don’t advertise Chenango County as a covered county, that just proves that I didn’t serve the defendant (since the defendant’s house is in Chenango County). My answer to him was that my coverage area has fluctuated over time. I also pointed out that the defendant's house, while in Chenango County, is very close to the Otsego County line.

One thing that frustrated the defendant’s attorney was the fact that I did not have any recollection whatsoever of this service. Despite this, he repeatedly asked me questions about that day and I repeatedly told him I had no recollection of the service whatsoever. I believe he was trying to get me to recollect something - anything! - so that I could appear inconsistent. He even complained that he was struggling to find questions to ask me because all his questions involved getting me to recall the service.

As for the defendant himself, a few months ago I became aware of a video that he had uploaded to YouTube to try to raise funds to retain his attorney. In that video, he made some statements that indicated that he indeed had been aware of this foreclosure action since 2009 (which contradicted his Affidavit to the court in which he claimed to have no knowledge that he was in foreclosure). I made a copy of the video and gave it to the plaintiff’s attorney. I did this because I feared the defendant would remove the video from YouTube once he realized the video could hurt his credibility. He did indeed remove the video only a few days after I made a copy of it. In court, it appeared the defendant was not aware that the plaintiff’s attorney had a copy of that video. So when the plaintiff’s attorney asked the defendant about comments made on that YouTube video, the defendant firmly denied making any such comments. The trap was set. The Plaintiff’s attorney then played the video. This was a pivotal moment in the hearing. The defendant was clearly caught off guard. Once the defendant saw the video in court, he changed his testimony to match the video. He tried to explain away his discrepancies but the damage was done.

Finally, while the Plaintiff’s attorney was there to do the “heavy lifting” (and he did an excellent job!), I felt a personal obligation to be fully prepared for this hearing and to do my part. I brushed up on the laws that govern our profession. I spoke to other process servers who had been through traverse hearings and they gave me helpful advice. And, of course, I got advice from some of my clients who are attorneys. The best advice I got over and over was simply….tell the truth, answer the question, and say no more. This is exactly what I did. This process has also pressed upon me my need to document everything. I now take more GPS stamped photos. I take more notes. I’m more observant. And I do my best to be super accurate on the affidavits of service.

When closing arguments were completed, the judge immediately gave his bench decision declaring that I was credible and that the defendant wasn't. Yes, thankfully, my service was upheld. And I learned a lot of lessons in the process.

Written by James R. Wheeler Jr
Here to Serve, LLC

Assaulting a Process Server Is Now a Crime in New York

Jason Tallman — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 19:13:22 GMT

The following story by Joel Stashenko, appeared in the August 31, 2016 edition of the New York Law Journal (courtesy, New York Law Journal):

The state of New York has made inflicting injury on process servers to prevent them from doing their jobs is a crime.

A bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo adds to second-degree assault provisions of state Penal Law 120.05 section (14), the crime of inflicting injury on process servers “with intent to prevent or obstruct” the performance of their duties.
The measure (A6672/S2991) also stipulates that it should be considered assault by a person who seeks to prevent a process server from doing his job by “Releasing or failing to control an animal” such as a dog.
Second-degree assault is a Class D felony in New York punishable by up to seven years in prison.
In a letter to Cuomo in June, the head of the state Professional Process Association, Larry Yellon, said the level of “hostility and aggression” toward process servers has increased in recent years and sometimes escalated past verbal abuse to physical violence.
Yellon said process servers are an integral part of the judicial system by providing a direct link between parties and the courts.
“They don’t deserve to be brutalized for simply doing their jobs,” he wrote Cuomo.
Yellon said previously to the enactment of the new statute, those injuring process servers could only be charged with misdemeanors.
The bill was sponsored by state Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, D-Mount Vernon and Sen. Catherine Young, R-Olean. Cuomo signed the bill Aug. 19

New York State Professional Process Servers Association News

BOB GULINELLO "BOBBY G" SCHOLARSHIP

NYSPPSA ***NEWS*** New York City DCWP Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Rules

19TH ANNUAL CONVENTION

***ATTENTION NYC SERVERS***

NAPPS 43RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR, ORLANDO, FLORIDA

BOB GULINELLO "BOBBY G" SCHOLARSHIP

BOB GULINELLO SCHOLARSHIP

18TH ANNUAL CONVENTON

BOB GULINELLO "BOBBY G" SCHOLARSHIP

BOB GULINELLO SCHOLARSHIP

Essential Business

Changes to RPL §226-c October 12, 2019

Amendment to NYC Civil Housing Law

BOB GULINELLO SCHOLARSHIP

2019 CONVENTION ** SAVE THE DATE **

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING

FOUNDING MEMBER, PAST PRESIDENT, BOB GULINELLO

NYCPA Presentation on Service of Civil Process in New York

ON-LINE EDUCATION ** COMING SOON **

ORDER YOUR I.D. CARD TODAY

REVISED CIVIL COURT POST CARD NEWS

ADVERTISE WITH NYSPPSA

Assembly Bill A03939 Needs Your Support

Traverse Hearing - A Process Servers Experience

Assaulting a Process Server Is Now a Crime in New York

NYSPPSA NEWS New York City DCWP Notice of Public Hearing and Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Rules

ATTENTION NYC SERVERS

2019 CONVENTION SAVE THE DATE

ON-LINE EDUCATION COMING SOON