Your rental arrangement sound fishy, so anything is possible if everyone is acting independently of how Housing Law conceived residential renting...

What I can do with the summons from the village of hempstead?

If you have $8000 then consult a licensed home improvement contractor and an attorney. There is no way to know you are not about to be scammed by...

Can I change the locks at this point?

If you change the locks on your own: 1. You commit a crime in NYC. A violation of the Illegal Eviction Law. 2. You commit an unlawful eviction....

Dear Medford Trustee: You need a lawyer. Your brother did not find money for a lawyer--the lawyer is working on a contingency--money you pay to...

Was threatened with legal action, hired and paid a lawyer, then nothing happened. I want to recover my loses?

Your lawyer may have made a convincing argument to the board attorney that the allegation of a washing machine within the apartment did not support...

Our current lease states two people and zero children. Can we be evicted for having a child?

Dear Dobbs Ferry Tenant See a local tenant rights attorney. That lease clause is unlawful in most of NY State and in most residential housing...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I gather the tenancy is not protected by Rent Regulation since you would have had a great chance of recovery of triple...

What determines the type of case when you file an initial complaint?

Your complaint seems grounded in Tort allegations. An RJI is not designed to select a case description based on statute of limitations. It is never...

Do I have to pay this months utilities if I'm being threatened to be thrown out?

Dear Ronkonkoma Parent: Straighten out the way you look at this. You and your child and the child's father live together as a Family, in a...

Hi i live in an illegal basement apt with no lease and my landlord just told me i have 3 months to move out what rights do i hav

Dear Bronx Tenant: Your landlord has not taken the only step needed to end a month to month tenancy in NYC, and that is, the proper service of a...