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10. Income Taxes:
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
10. Income Taxes:

Income tax provision for the periods presented represent various minimum state taxes based on capital, and with respect to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, include a state tax assessment of $34,000 relating to years 2007, 2008 and 2009 based on a tax examination. There is no provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 because the Company incurred a loss for income tax purposes, during such period attributable to a deductable temporary difference related to litigation arising during 2011, the benefit of which was fully reserved at the beginning of the year. No tax benefit related to pre-tax losses incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 has been recognized due to the recording of the valuation allowance to offset related deferred tax assets arising from such losses. Due to cumulative losses incurred by the Company and its subsidiaries during the prior three years, the Company has concluded that it is more likely than not that it will not realize its net deferred tax asset and, accordingly, has recorded a valuation allowance to fully offset its net deferred tax asset at September 30, 2012, which amounted to $4,209,000.