The author wishes to acknowledge that this textbook is a derivative of the wonderful textbook Understanding New York Law, 2013-14 Edition written by David Pogue, Elizabeth Clifford and Alan L. Schwartz, published by Upstate Legal Publishers. The author thanks them for graciously granting him permission to adapt their work into this new Open Educational Resources textbook.

The author also wishes to give a special thanks to Kendra Dundon for all her invaluable advice and assistance in preparing this textbook for publishing.