Dear Manhattan Tenant: Amendments in 2019 to New York State's antiquated tenant and landlord laws for the first time gave tenants the right to...

You could investigate on your own or hire a lawyer, but it is fairly easy for an NYC-licensed parking garage to raise parking rates....

Dear Bronx Tenant: You did not offer information about the lease. If the tenant lived month to month without a current lease or rental agreement...

Dear Former Brooklyn Tenant: I gather that after the Housing Court disposed of the nonpayment summary proceeding because you moved out, the...

Hire a lawyer and it will still take perhaps six months or more to secure an eviction in Housing Court. Hire an attorney and investigate facts...

Dear Bronx Landlord An interesting question. I understand your frustration. The controlling statute mandated that the initial court date must...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: It is not legal for a landlord to rent a basement space in a building as a residential dwelling. The law does not allow a...

"Final Order" is NYC Housing Court jargon for the papers presented by an NYC Marshal to the warrant clerk for issuance of an eviction...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant If you correctly described the facts your landord will fail to prove that it complied with the mitigation of damages...

Dear Brooklyn Executor: If the tenant was month to month when your lawyer started the nonpayment proceeding for the benefit of the Estate that...