Tenant attorney please, please help me?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant You have no leverage without a lease. You need to decide to keep your home first and deal with this infestation after. Had...

Rent stabilized building?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Read about the procedure for confirming the status of Permanent Tenant in a Legal SRO and so securing Rent Stabilization...

Dear I own a 10 unit co-op: No. I do not believe that is accurate. A "co-op" is plain english for cooperative apartment, and a cooperative...

Can I get evicted from the same apartment twice, if the landlord let me move back in after the marshals came the 1st time?

Dear Far Rockaway Tenant As long as your tenancy is without a lease for a fixed period of time, NY State Housing Law considered your tenancy as...

Sure. People do illegal things all the time Just because it is illegal doesn't mean it can't happen. Wrongful activities occur all the time. He...

Hi, my grandmother lived in her nycha apartment for 50 years

Okay. Look up NYCHA tenancy succession process. You have a short window to go through the process to determine your entitlement to a succession...

Good day. Can a Landlord start a non primary case against a tenant if a lease is in full force and affect?

Dear Manhattan Property Owner You cannot deny a lease renewal unless you strictly adhere to the Rent Stabilization Code notice for non renewal...

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Dear Bronx Tenant These are good questions for the NY County Juror Clerk. Tenants do not have rights to request a landlord add anyone other...

I had to relocate to CA because of work.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Not really. You didn't utilize the one method allowed by NY State Housing Law to get to a stage when you could even call...

How do i start a legal action for the return of my dog?

If the police will not help, perhaps mutual friends may mediate this dog thievery situation. Otherwise, you may be stuck with a complex lawsuit...