Eviction Notice for Friday

Dear Manhattan Tenant: There is a procedure for securing a stay of an eviction at the Appellate Term, and you seem very confused about what to...

Will I be able to retain a roommate status for my potential roommate instead of a subletter?

Dear Brooklyn Co-op Lessee: Roommate or Subtenant, is in the eye of the beholder. Generally, a Roommate lives with the tenant in the apartment...

How can I sue my landlord?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: You must have left some important information on the table when you composed the question. The family relationship (this...

Can i get my money back? ?

Dear LIC Tenant: If you have a lease, the lease controls. The landlord has no power to end the lease. If you spent all that money and did not...

Dear Pulaski NY Resident: If you meant are you safe from being harassed and would not need to show the DEC fishing license, you know the answer....

Once every three years. If as bad as you say, you'll secure a violation. Call 311.

I received notice of petition in the mail October 4 2018, and the server said he did a nail and mail on the 5th of October

Dear Syracuse Tenant: What happened on October 5, 2018 is all that matters--not the date you found a notice of petition and petition in the...

How do I negotiate my lease?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I gather your tenancy is not protected by Rent Stabilization. Otherwise, you would know there's nothing available to...

What kind of timeframe am I looking at? Does Management have to notify me in writing to vacate?

Dear Ridgewood Resident: If the apartment is Rent Stabilized there is a legal obligation to offer a lease renewal. The remaining tenant played...

Can the landlord refuse me a lease renewal in my rent-stabilized apartment (Long Island) just because he wants to de-stabilize

Dear Rockville Centre Tenant: The ENTIRE point of Rent Stabilization is that a landlord does not have a legal right to abruptly end Rent...