The Town was incorporated in 1788 and is composed of 34.5 square miles with a population of roughly 37,000. Noteworthy features include the Croton-Harmon railroad station and yard, a major hub for the Hudson line of the Metro-North Railway, and Croton Dam, one of the largest hand hewn dams in the world, both located in Croton-on-Hudson. Cortlandt Manor is home to the Hudson Valley Medical Center and Blue Mountain Reservation. The Cortlandt Town Center Shopping Center is located in Mohegan Lake. Montrose houses the sprawling campus of the FDR Veteran's Hospital. Verplanck hosts a very large and popular Italian Festival each year sponsored by the Mount Carmel Society. Buchanan has the dubious distinction of being the home of the Indian Point Energy Center with its three unit nuclear power plant.

Cortlandt is serviced by three local courts: The Cortlandt Town Court located at 1 Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor, New York, 10567, (914) 734-1090, the Croton-on-Hudson Village Court and the Buchanan Village Court. The busiest of these is the Cortlandt Justice Court. It meets twice each week for general calendars and covers matters occurring everywhere in the Town of Cortlandt except for within the two villages. The Croton-on-Hudson Village Court meets once a week and the Buchanan Justice Court meets once a month.

Cortlandt (Cortlandt Manor, Crugers, Verplanck and part of Mohegan Lake) is patrolled mostly by the New York State Police and the Westchester County Police. Croton-on-Hudson and Buchanan each have their own village police forces. The crime index (risk of crime) in Cortlandt Manor is less than that for Westchester County as a whole and only one-fifth as high as the U.S. generally. The crime index is slightly less than Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson and slightly more than Cortlandt Manor in Buchanan. The majority of crimes handled in the local courts are DUI/DWI (driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated), assault, harassment, petit larceny, unlicensed operation and trespass.

If you are a suspect or arrested for a crime it is vital that you obtain legal representation as soon as possible. Most offenders in the local courts are new to the criminal justice system and have no idea how it works. They are typically intimidated by the police and completely unaware of their rights or how to exercise them. The Law Office of Jared Altman can assist you throughout every stage of the proceeding. Criminal defense attorney, Jared Altman is thoroughly experienced and will personally handle the details of your criminal or DWI case from its initial investigation through trial and appeal if warranted. He will assert your rights and ensure that you are afforded every benefit the criminal justice system can be made to offer an accused.

So please contact Mr. Altman by either email or phone. Take advantage of his  decades of legal experience. Mr. Altman offers free telephone consultations.