According to the City Marshals, the low fees for process serving are mandated by statute. I have done bulk service of process in the past but serving four respondents at $2.25, per respondent, is a most ridiculous proposition in New York. It is most preposterous if it comes from New York City marshals. How do these guys make money, considering that process service operation costs have increased with gas prices and the New York City Dept. of Consumer Affairs new regulations? No licensed process server could serve process for $9.00, not even in Montana.

No wonder there must be a money crisis among City marshals because just the cost of postage (which cannot be excluded from service) surpasses the actual payment they are offering to pay prospective process servers to serve process upon NYCHA tenants. As an experienced process server, I know that serving four defendants, if substituted service is required -as it is needed most of the times- will cost $13.16 in postage alone.

So how can the City Marshals make a profit out of serving New York City housing projects, even if they serve 30-100 apartments per day? No matter how much bulk business they get, something is definitely not right. Now I understand why my process serving agency receives unwanted misdirected mail, including notices and holdover proceedings petitions, from process servers which was intended to be served upon New York City Housing Authority controlled housing projects. Poor NYCHA tenants!