Mount Vernon Personal Injury Lawyer

Pre-war housing drives the claims here

Mount Vernon is one of the most densely populated cities in New York, and much of its housing predates the Second World War. Premises claims in this city look different as a result: interior stairs without compliant handrails, unlit common areas and stairwells, defective egress, window guard obligations where children live, and lead paint in buildings that have never been fully abated.

Those are landlord obligations with specific legal content rather than general duties — see our premises liability page.

Streets built before cars

The grid is tight, parking is dense, and sight lines at intersections are frequently blocked by parked vehicles. Pedestrian collisions at low speed are common, and low speed does not mean minor when the person struck is elderly or a child.

The Cross County and Hutchinson River parkways carry the faster traffic along the city’s edges.

Where a Mount Vernon claim goes

Westchester County Supreme Court in White Plains. Mount Vernon City Court handles local matters.

We do not have an office here

Our offices are in White Plains, Nyack, Nanuet and Brooklyn. We serve this community from those offices and will meet you at home or in hospital if traveling is difficult.

If a municipal vehicle, county bus, school district or public sidewalk was involved, a notice of claim is generally required within 90 days under General Municipal Law §50-e — not the ordinary three years. Establishing which entity is responsible is the first task.