Can a female take a guy to court even though they never met up in person and just chatted on Hangouts messenger?

Discuss this only with a lawyer in a confidential setting. Just chatting on hangouts doesn't lead to paying bills and fraudulent check deposits. Do...

Am I responsible for the tenant belongings?

Who knows what a jury will believe? Your property owner insurance will handle any lawsuit. But you did this the wrong way. You had to let the...

Can my former domestic partner eviction me in landlord tenant court I have a finicial interest in our home/ served 10day notice

Dear Brooklyn Resident: No one knows when a Petitioner files a petition in the Housing Court Clerk Office if the verified petition is provable...

What can about prime tenant who is backed up on rent? I’m not staying homeless. Due to their negligence!!

Dear Bronx Tenant: You seem to have done all you could do short of hiring legal counsel to analyze your rights in the circumstance of this...

I subleased a fully-furnished 2 bedroom apartment. Tenant threw away all furnishings. Can i deduct from the security deposit?

This may be a criminal event, if your personal possessions were worth some money (you have some dollar value in mind, the police would figure out...

Do you need to notify the landlord you have a roommate in a rent stabilized apartment?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: The statute is clear: "... 5. The tenant shall inform the landlord of the name of any occupant within thirty days...

Dear Manhattan Property Owner: It is a serious impediment to the orderly process when a tenant post judgment/warrant of eviction may secure a...

How to get my name off a lease?

There is no law that dictates how to cancel a lease. A written lease provides the terms cannot be changed without another written agreement...

Breaking a lease

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Your landlord offered a fairly clean way to break your lease agreement, avoid a lawsuit for unpaid rent, avoid an...

Dear Manhattan Property Owner Until you secure your legal counsel consider the lease is effective. Flipped over to the tenant side, a tenant...