Hearing by Phone

In response to general concerns about coronavirus, COVID-19, OATH is temporarily allowing respondents who have upcoming hearings at OATH to appear by phone. To schedule a date and time to have a Hearing by Phone, which allows you to speak to an OATH Hearing Officer over the phone and email your evidence to the Hearing Officer, you must contact OATH *before* your upcoming hearing date.

*Text OATHreminder to 474747 to get text message reminders about your case*

To participate, you must email the OATH location where your hearing is currently scheduled to take place:

• Brooklyn cases: RemoteBKLYN@oath.nyc.gov
• Bronx cases: RemoteBronx@oath.nyc.gov
• Manhattan cases: RemoteManhattan@oath.nyc.gov
• Queens cases: RemoteLIC@oath.nyc.gov
• Staten Island cases: RemoteSI@oath.nyc.gov

In your email, you must include the following four (4) pieces of information:

• All summons numbers for the summonses you want to have a Hearing by Phone;
• Respondent’s name, as it appears on the summons(es);
• If you are not the respondent named on the summons, tell us your relationship to the respondent; and
• A valid phone number where you can be contacted to schedule your Hearing by Phone.

OATH’s Help Center is conducting remote Help Sessions. If you are self-represented and you want assistance with your case, please visit the Help Center section of this website to learn how to contact them.

What is a Hearing by Phone?

A Hearing by Phone allows you to fight the summons by telling a Hearing Officer over the phone why you think the charges on a summons should be dismissed. You will have the opportunity to email documents to OATH during your Hearing by Phone to support your case. Trò chơi xổ số Việt NamFor example:

• If you are fighting the summons because you did not own the property on the date the summons was issued, you may want to submit a copy of the deed.
• If the person named on the summons was deceased on the date the summons was issued, you may want to submit a copy of the death certificate.
• If you are fighting the summons because you did not own the vehicle on the date the summons was issued, you may want to submit a copy of the sale records.