How do I get my tenant to pay what he owes? Remove his stuff?

Dear Ghent Property Owner: New York State law provides two pathways to court. Choose suing the tenant by a nonpayment summary proceeding, or...

Can a company be sued for not doing their job?

Sure. Your landlord may very well have a claim based upon failure to perform the contract. You are not in privity with the exterminator--and...

Dear Antwerp Tenant: Your landlord committed a breach of the lease as well as a breach of the statutory Warranty of Habitability--as long as...

Can I evict a subtenant is almost a month late with the rent?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: The form Sublease you turned into your rental agreement with your subtenant provides no alternate right to any remedy...

Dear Hudson Property Owner: Public/common area hallway obstruction is a violation in the eye of the beholder. You believe the observed condition...

What should I do in a situation like this?

Dear Catskill Landlord You omitted about the most important need to know fact for a lawyer. Do you own the house? If you do, your tenant/cousin...

If my lease say i can not sublease and i do anyhow does that void the sublease ?

A home owner in Gliversville may likely legally rent a room in the home on a week to week written rental agreement and if so, prohibit the...

They turn off my gas by mistake i dont own them any money and my house is cold and i have a 13 year old son

Dear Jamaica Tenant Who is the "they" who turned off the gas, the Landlord or Utility? If the lease requires landlord provided gas service...

Is it legal for my neighbor to target shoot while I'm in my yard in Saratoga County, New York State?

Why not let the Sheriff or N.Y. State Police determine the discharge of firearms in the location you described is a violation of local and or State...

Return deposit

Dear Manhattan Tenant If you continue to reside in your apartment along with your single room renter the local law barring new rooming houses...