Is our lease renewal binding if our landlord offered us a lease renewal but in the process sold the building to another landlord

Dear Manhattan Tenant: If the tenancy is Rent Stabilized, the renewal lease binds a successor owner, sale of the building does not void the...

I live in a coop bldg my terrace needs serious repairs it’s been a year and they re not in a hurry to fix it

Dear Riverdale Co-op Owner: You likely require an attorney to nail this down; the attorney is a signal you are not fearful forcing the required...

I have had a small 35LB. dog since 2010, a dog that has saved my life.

Dear Tenant Please look up NYC Pet Law. Read the free online information about the tenant right to keep a dog even when the lease says no pets....

I live in senior apartment there has been a car park there for 4 months with no plates on it.

Dear Cayuga Tenant: Without reviewing your lease there is no method to determine whether you have any power to compel the management to have the...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: No lawyer will tell you what you could do without more facts and a copy of the Sublease. Generally, in NYC a sublease...

You could sue the movers, the warehouse, the City Marshal and the landlord for the replacement value of the personal possessions you lost by reason...

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I’ve moved out of my old apartment before my lease expired, unfortunately my wife (soon ex) didn’t, am I legally still on hook?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: You may consider your divorce attorney has a more-direct response to the holdover tenancy created when your wife did not...

Time allowed to vacate?

Dear Manhattan Tenant You could help by explaining the circumstances of the comments by the HPD inspector. Ordinarily, a Vacate Order is made...

Do I already have a legally binding contract?????

Without looking over the two versions of renewal lease offer, and based only on your statement, the first renewal lease offer controls the rent for...

Can an unregistered attorney collect legal and retainer ?

Hello: Do you mean the attorney is registered with a full middle name but does not use the middle name in documents, retainers, or signs the...