Can she take the pool from my yard?

Dear Buffalo Homeowner: Your ex would require a court order/judgment allowing her and her contractor to enter your property and excavate the...

Someone illegally subleased an apartment to us and is now randomly harassing us to get out. What can we do to protect ourselves?

Dear Bronx Subtenant: How would you hope to prevail against the tenant when you recognize the subleasing was a breach of the tenant's lease and...

My neighbor has dangerous trees overhanging my house, what can i do ? they are old and use the house as a weekend getaway.

Dear Kerhonkson Homeowner: Hire an attorney. You would take your neighbors to court in an emergency nuisance lawsuit seeking a judgment you are...

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Landlord agreed to lease transfer, he collects application fees and doesn't give an answer regarding status, what should I do?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You figured it out--your landlord is stringing you along--because you decided to a do-it-yourself solution, rather than...

Can a superintendent who also owns multiple units in a COOP provide power of attorney to his son to join the board?

Dear Yonkers Co-0p Lessee: Hire an attorney to read and report on the Offering Plan, By Laws, Certificate of Incorporation and Proprietary Lease...

Dear Woodside Tenant: You could have made cooking, using a toaster oven, a breach of the lease--but in the "real world" you have the same...

Dear Yonkers Tenant: The discretionary stay of up to six months as a "statute" expired [for eviction proceedings based upon holdover petitions...

Mygirl dint consume alcohol.cops find that her frnds drinking but one of her friend was underage.

Dear Buffalo Parent: You wasted this question so post again. Why do you want a stranger to explain to you that police charge a crime (and you...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant To starr, N.Y. is nearly alone in not having a law mandating the deadline to return a tenant security deposit. Your...

Squatters rights?

Dear Bronx Tenant/Homeowner: What are you talking about "squatter's rights"? Squatter's Rights in NY only means that a landlord must use a...