Home improvement contractors.

Practice point: Courts strictly construe the licensing requirements for home improvement contractors, pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York § 20-387(a), and public policy prohibits an unlicensed home improvement contractor from recovering either in contract or in quantum meruit.

Case: Metrobuild Assoc., Inc. v. Nahoum, NY Slip Op 04625 (1st Dept. 2008)

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