Small Claims in Jamaica NY

[Meng W.]

Hello All,

Was wondering if i can get a helping hand from my fellow biggerpocket members.

The story is that i had my 3rd floor tenant evicted and they moved out on 6/3/2016. During the process of them moving out, i found out a few things that they left in the apartment. 1. keys were all not given correctly, 2. walls painted in orange, blue and green colors, holes in living room, and hallways, toilet clogged with rent receipts, garbage everywhere especially in 2 rooms, and so forth. Basically they were disgusting tenants so they left it the way how they lived it for 8 years.  i have filed for small claims and asked for $2800 (should've asked for more really.) The court process took a while because of traffic (my fault really) and there was no translator for the other side. The end result was it was set in Sept 2017, i went and both side decided to agree on the amount of $1000.00 settlement on damages. I have a feeling previous tenant will not pay before or on Dec 2. My question is what can i do next to maybe get a larger settlement? take her to court again and do an "order to show of cause"?