Every letter is signed by a clinician holding a current New York license, after a real consultation. Their names are on your letter so you can verify them yourself.
Every evaluation here is carried out by a licensed professional reaching an independent decision. None of them earns more for approving than for declining. That is not a slogan; it is the structural reason the letters hold up. The moment yes pays better than honest, the document stops being worth the paper.
Dr. Cheryl takes the cases where the body and the mind are tangled together, which is far more common than people expect. Chronic pain that has reshaped someone's week. A long recovery after surgery. A new diagnosis that upended everything. She is careful about the boundary between a condition that is hard and a condition that meets the legal threshold, and she explains where a client sits rather than leaving them guessing.
Dr. Miller writes most of our housing letters, and he writes them for the person who will actually read them. A managing agent wants three things settled: is this a client of a New York-licensed provider, does that provider confirm a disability-related need, and is the request specific enough to act on. Answer those cleanly and the letter usually clears a board without a follow-up call. He is equally direct when the answer is no, and says why.
Andrew runs our psychiatric service dog work, which means asking pointed questions about what a dog has actually been trained to do. The task is what separates a service dog from a well-loved companion, and no letter can paper over its absence. He also reviews every page here for clinical accuracy and for whether it still describes the law as it stands, which is why these pages changed after HUD's May 2026 memorandum while a lot of competing sites did not.
Do not take a website's word for a clinician's credentials, ours included. New York publishes free verification tools and we would rather you used them.
Your letter names the clinician who signed it and their licence type, so both checks take about two minutes. Doing them is the single most effective defence against a letter mill.
Yes. Documentation for a New York resident should come from a New York-licensed provider, and an out-of-state licence is the first thing a managing agent questions. The name and licence type appear on your letter so you can verify them with the state.
Yes, every time, by video or phone. A screening form on its own is not an evaluation, and a letter built on one is exactly what co-op boards have learned to reject.
If you have a provider who knows you well, ask them first. A letter from a long-term clinician is the strongest documentation available. We exist for people whose provider will not write one, who do not have one, or who need it quickly.
You can ask and we will accommodate it where scheduling allows. Availability varies by day and by the type of evaluation.
Your clinician asks about your symptoms, how long you have had them, how they affect daily activities such as sleeping, working, concentrating or leaving home, and where your animal fits. Fifteen to twenty minutes is typical.
Nothing legal on this page is asserted without a source behind it. Open them and read the originals rather than taking our summary on trust.
Choose a time that works for you. If your clinician does not approve the letter, there is no charge.
