A "legal" secondary method for egress is not created by tenant's leaving doors open. That alone may spread fire in a non-fireproof building. If...

Can I sue my husband ex girlfriend/ son’s mother for jumping on him in a sexual manner?

It is not sexual harassment when an adult (your husband's "ex") jumps on her own son (your husband's son) in a sexual manner. That is more akin to...

A party files/serves/pays a RJI and that is to get on the preliminary conference calendar for the assigned Justice.

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My landlord agreed to extend lease by 8 months via text, but went back on it. Can she do that?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: A lawyer must review the text communication. Even were your lawyer to say that is a lease extension, that would not have...

If my neighbor has found damage on his face that faces my property who is responsible for the repair?

Dear Newburgh Property Owner: A chip seems extremely "nothing" surely not worth a big to do--and replacing a section--seems severe. What...

Dear Corona Tenant: Squatter Rights only mean you must use a court proceeding for a legal eviction and not the old-fashioned remedy of...

How does divorce work in NY

Why do you believe all that there is to know about divorce in NY could be stuffed into this little answer box, when there are books, magazine...

So what force of nature compelled you to admit the facts of the crime and the motive for committing the crime on a public Internet forum? Go hire a...

I own a condominium in Manhattan. I rented the apartment to three tenants in one contract. I live in the apartment temporarily.

Dear Manhattan Condo owner landlord: The SRO prohibition is the renting of "rooms" to independent tenants within an apartment, not in renting...

Can I write comments on Exhibit Documents

In New York, the "comments" relating to attached exhibits are not proper on the exhibit itself. The comments are proper in the text of the...