New York attorney demand letter service · flat fee · 48 hours
Owed money in New York? Put an attorney demand letter behind it.
Drafted and signed by Daniel Hochman, Esq. From $349. Mailed within 48 hours.
Unpaid invoices, kept deposits, shorted paychecks, lemon cars, lies posted about you: a letter drafted and signed by a New York attorney gets most of it moving without a lawsuit: screened free before you pay a dollar.
Letters are delivered through DemandLetterNY.com, a service of Hochman Law PC. Eligibility is screened free before you pay.
Hochman Law PC
Flat-fee attorney demand letters · New York · from $349
Signed by a New York attorney. Mailed within 48 hours.
The attorney
The New York attorney behind every letter
Daniel Hochman is a New York attorney and the principal of Hochman Law PC. Every letter goes out under his review and signature on firm letterhead, citing the New York statute that applies to your dispute and stating a deadline with consequences the other side can look up. One flat fee, shown before you pay. When a letter isn't enough, the firm handles the next step.
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Attorney Demand Letters
Unpaid freelance invoices under the Freelance Isn't Free Act (double damages, statewide since 2024), small business receivables, personal loans that were never repaid, deposits a vendor kept, landlords who won't make repairs, and contractor deposit disputes. A letter on law firm letterhead, drafted and signed by a New York attorney, for a flat fee stated up front. If they ignore it, our New York small claims guide covers the next step.
Flat-fee demand letters →The Freshness Gap
Freelancers: the law changed in 2024.
The Freelance Isn't Free Act now covers all of New York State, not just NYC. Written contracts required, payment within 30 days, double damages and attorney's fees when clients don't pay. Most of what you'll read online is still the 2017 city-only version.
The statewide guide →Free NY Legal Tools
Run your own numbers before you spend a dollar.
Six calculators built on the New York statutes our letters cite: the deposit deadline and what it's worth once forfeited, double damages on a freelance invoice, unpaid wages with liquidated damages, 9% statutory interest, bounced-check damages, and the deadlines behind a demand letter. No signup. Every tool tells you plainly what it can't know about your facts.
Free calculator
Security deposit calculator (New York)
The 14-day deadline, whether it has been forfeited, and what the landlord is exposed to.
Open the free tool →Free calculator
Freelance Isn't Free Act calculator
What an unpaid invoice is really worth once New York's double-damages statute applies.
Open the free tool →Free calculator
Unpaid wages & overtime calculator (New York)
What the Labor Law says your employer owes once liquidated damages are added.
Open the free tool →Free calculator
Statutory interest calculator (New York)
New York's 9% rate has been running since the day they were supposed to pay.
Open the free tool →Free calculator
Bounced check damages calculator (New York)
A bounced check is worth more than its face amount: if you demand it the right way.
Open the free tool →Free calculator
Demand letter deadline calculator
When it lands, when their deadline falls, and how long you have left to sue.
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Not sure which letter?
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Two minutes. You get a reply with the letter that fits, the flat fee, or an honest “a letter won't help here.” No charge to ask.
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Deadlines are shorter than people think.
A New York landlord has 14 days after move-out to return your deposit with an itemized statement: then it's forfeited.
A client must pay a freelancer within 30 days of finishing the work if no date was set (Freelance Isn't Free Act).
Defamation claims in New York must be brought within one year of the statement.
Prefer to talk? (917) 653-7259. Or run the numbers yourself with the free NY legal tools.
What Are You Owed?
Pick the situation. We wrote the New York guide for it.
Each guide explains the law, what you can recover, and exactly what a demand letter does: then hands off to the matching flat-fee letter.
Cease & Desist
Someone is lying about you, harassing you, or using your photo.
What a cease and desist can and cannot do in New York, when sending one backfires, and the attorney-signed defamation cease & desist letter ($499).
Cease & desist guide →Used Cars
The dealer sold you a lemon “as is.”
New York's lemon law for used cars (GBL 198-b) forces a 30/60/90-day warranty with a refund remedy, and the NY lemon law demand letter ($499).
Lemon law guide →NYC Tenants
You paid the landlord's broker fee.
Since June 11, 2025 the FARE Act makes that illegal. The refund claim, the DCWP complaint, and the FARE Act refund letter ($349).
FARE Act guide →Workers
You need an unpaid wages lawyer.
100% liquidated damages, a six-year lookback, and fee shifting under Labor Law § 198. When a flat-fee unpaid wages letter ($499) beats waiting on the DOL.
Unpaid wages guide →Freelancers
A client won't pay your invoice.
Statewide Freelance Isn't Free Act: double damages and attorney's fees on invoices of $800+. The Freelance Isn't Free Act letter ($499).
Freelance Act guide →Tenants
Your landlord kept the deposit or won't repair.
The 14-day rule under GOL 7-108 forfeits a withheld deposit; the warranty of habitability covers repairs. The security deposit demand letter ($499).
Tenant guides →Small Business
A customer owes your business.
Account stated, 9% statutory interest, bounced checks under GOL 11-104, and why an attorney demand letter for payment beats a collection agency.
Collections guide →Money Owed
You lent money. It never came back.
Friends, family, exes, roommates. A texted or Venmo loan is an enforceable contract in New York: the demand letter for money owed ($499).
Personal loan guide →If They Ignore You
New York small claims, start to finish.
Which court, the $10,000 / $5,000 / $3,000 limits, and how to collect after you win.
Small claims guide →Why It Works
The statute does the arguing. The signature makes them listen.
Daniel Hochman is a New York attorney. Every letter is reviewed and signed by him, cites the law that actually applies to your dispute, and states a deadline with consequences the other side can look up.
Signed by the attorney, not a template
Recipients and their lawyers can tell the difference. A letter from counsel gets read, forwarded, and answered.
New York law with teeth
Double damages for freelancers, forfeited deposits, 100% liquidated damages on wages, 9% interest. The letter shows the math.
One flat fee, no hourly billing
You know the price before you pay. If the attorney cannot ethically take the matter, you get a full credit toward any other service.
Process
From "they owe me" to mailed within 48 hours.
STEP 01
Guided online intake
Five to ten minutes of plain-English questions at DemandLetterNY.com, with uploads for your contract, invoice, or messages. Eligibility is screened before you pay.
STEP 02
Attorney review and signature
Daniel Hochman reviews the facts, verifies every statute, computes the amounts, and signs on firm letterhead, typically within 48 hours.
STEP 03
Certified mail, tracked
The letter goes USPS Certified with tracking. You get a PDF copy and a client portal showing status, the response window, and your next options.
Flat fees, stated before you pay.
Demand letters are a single flat fee: from $349: shown at checkout, with no retainer and no hourly billing. Attorney review of the other side's first response is included. See current pricing.
Questions
Demand letter questions, answered
How much does a demand letter from an attorney cost in New York?
Through the firm's flat-fee service, demand letters cost $349 to $499 flat depending on the letter, with attorney review, signature, certified mail, and a PDF copy included. There is no retainer and no hourly billing; optional next steps (a follow-up letter, a settlement agreement, a small-claims kit) each have their own fixed price.
Do attorney demand letters actually work?
Often, yes: a signed letter from counsel that cites the statute doubling what the other side owes is a preview of what litigation would cost them, and many disputes settle at or near the full amount. No honest lawyer quotes a success rate. What actually happens after a demand letter is sent.
What kinds of disputes are the letters for?
Security deposits, unpaid wages and overtime, freelance invoices under the Freelance Isn't Free Act, unpaid business invoices and bounced checks, used-car lemon law claims, FARE Act broker fee refunds, vendor and camp deposits, personal loans, and cease and desist letters for defamation, harassment, and image misuse. Every letter is listed at DemandLetterNY.com, a service of this firm. If your situation isn't one of them, the custom attorney demand letter ($499) is drafted from your description and documents.
Can I get a cease and desist letter from a lawyer for a flat fee?
Yes. The defamation cease and desist letter is $499 flat, and harassment and stolen-photo letters are $499. Each is screened first: honest reviews, opinion, and protected speech are turned away under New York's anti-SLAPP law: then drafted, signed, and sent by certified mail and email within 48 hours. All three cease and desist letters.
What if my matter needs more than a letter?
Then it comes here. Hochman Law PC handles consultations and representation on money disputes that a flat-fee product would shortchange, and letter fees are credited toward a representation engagement. Ask through the form above or call.
Is Daniel Hochman a real, licensed attorney?
Yes. Daniel Hochman, Esq. is admitted in New York, is the principal of Hochman Law PC at 224 East 12th Street, and was selected to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for 2026. He personally reviews every intake and signs every letter. About Daniel Hochman.
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