Dear Catskill Tenant: In NYC your eviction proceeding would fit into the form of lawsuit named by the NYC Housing Court as a Roommate Holdover...

What do my adult children that are on my lease have to do to keep my apartment when I move out?

Dear Bronx Tenant: If you were accurate stating your adult children are on the lease [What do my adult children that are on my lease have to do...

What are the other ways to get a stay in apartment after judge denied stay in the civil court

You should explain what type of eviction proceeding went to conclusion by a trial won by the landlord, where the landlord continued to accept rent....

Multiple dwelling ?

An apartment within a building owned by a cooperative corporation with three or more apartments in the building, is an apartment within a multiple...

Notice of petition ?

Dear Brooklyn Resident: You did not mention the type of lawsuit and there is no point guessing. There is no "answer" to a Notice of Petition....

Can my landlord sue for unpaid rent when I had an incomplete lease?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: In Small Claims Court you are liberated to make any defense you may imagine that fits the facts or an outlandish defense...

The landlord's failure to perform obligations commanded by the lease, is a wrongful act, a breach of lease, and perhaps a breach of the covenants...

Is there any possible way I can get someone to leave my house without losing my apartment ?

Dear Manhattan Tenant You may consider bribing your unwanted guest to leave. That is the swifter method than pursuing an eviction case in...

Notice of Petition for non payment? (co-op)

Dear Astoria Tenant: You are astute. The petition fails making a required description of the premises. While the proper petitioner is in...

Am I obligated to pay any rent for the month where I have not had full use of the apartment I am renting?

Dear Spring Valley Tenant: The "textbook" says you are correct the landlord is obliged to provide a habitable home, free of conditions,...