Assuming that J-51 is the only reason why your apartment is rent stabilized, if the rider was missing from any leases, from the first one through...

In the early 1970s HPD, the agency administering the 421-a tax-abatement program, came out with a regulation permitting the collection of a 2.2%...

I agree with what my colleagues have all said. I'm writing just to warn you about the most important factor: how easy the landlord thinks it...

The caselaw allows a tenant to make repairs, and deduct the cost from the rent, but only as a last resort, after it becomes obvious that the...

Adding to what Mr. Treiman and Mr. Smollens have said, your concern is with the effect of a lease on rights that you have under the law. What you...

So long as you can prove that you have been paying rent and that the old landlord accepted your rent, the new landlord cannot evict you or raise...

Unless the lease contains restrictions on the names you can use, or requires landlord approval for names, or indirectly regulates the use of names...

In addition to what Mr. Treiman said, you should consider applying for the New York Emergency Rental Assistance Program...

Just adding a bit to what Mr. Smollens said, there are very few circumstances where income from a buyout won't count, either for tax purposes or...

Your landlord is wrong. Upon your husband's death you and your son both have the right under rent stabilization to "succession" to your late...