My roomate violated our house rules - can I hold her deposit?

Dear Manhattan Tenant I doubt you would hire an attorney to review your self-authored house rules for legal efficacy over a $200 dispute...

Can a 13 y/o be charged with harassment and what are the consequences?

Police may effect a juvenile arrest. Check with NY State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Dear Manhattan Tenant Small Claims Court does not have a mechanism to filter frivolous, bogus, meanspirited, vindictive, vexatious lawsuits...

Can I have squatters rights ?

A tenant residing with a family member in NYC in a rent stabilized apartment has the right to seek a successor tenancy. You would qualify if you...

Will I, and my entire building have to pay, every time maintenance finds paper towels flushed in the sewer?

Yes. This is ridiculous. Your landlord believes in collective guilt. Depending on how many tenants live in the building you may isolate or never...

Post eviction rites as a tenant. Am currently in court fighting for my apt. Someone is staying illegally in my apartment?

Your situation is unusual. No online attorney could prepare papers you may need. Any information here is just a guess Did you secure a court...

Do I have to give my landlord a key

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Is the building a two family or a larger building with more than two dwellings? Did you replace the landlord's lock?...

May my landlord enter my unit?

Dear Southold Tenant: In NYS other than with tenancies subject to government regulations, tenants and landlords write their own terms and...

What are my rights regarding the issue i have?

You own your property even when left over after moving out. Paying your ex assures you the swiftess method for extraction far faster than...

Can I have a right to ask for storing fee if the previous tenant left her furniture for 6 months after she moved out?

Your landlord fraudulently rented a furnished room but did not own the furniture. As between the landlord and prior tenant that left behind...