You wired a $250,000 deposit to a contractor last spring for a full renovation of your Cobble Hill brownstone. The demo happened, some framing went up, and then the crew stopped showing up. Emails go unanswered, the job site sits behind construction fencing, and your architect just told you the contractor's other clients are asking the same questions. If a contractor abandoned your renovation in New York, you have real legal rights — but the money is often already gone, and t