What do you do about an employer paying under the table and not even minimum wage?

Dear Plattsburgh Tenant: Discuss your idea to blow the whistle on the organized criminal enterprise managing the motel. You describe possible...

Will a default judgment of non-payment petition appear on ecourt?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: There is no Internet presence for a defaulted nonpayment proceeding until an Order to Show Cause to vacate judgment or by...

How long does my friend have to vacate his apartment?

Dear Friend of a Manhattan Roommate: NYC Housing Court is always on the hunt for another tenant ready to test the judicial system's...

Dear Buffalo Tenant: You are right to be alarmed since a police raid on the apartment will snare all the tenants. It will take lawyers and...

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Renting a apt in a half a house?

Dear Geneva Tenant: Okay. First inform the landlord. The lease requires that you do so to give the landlord a chance to remedy the problem. You...

I want to leave on the 9th of the month. Do I have to pay for the entire month?

Dear Rochester Tenant: Better to be sure your landlord knows what you are doing, since the landlord did expect a full month rent on the first...

I want to leave on the 9th of the month, do i have to pay for the whole month?

Dear Rochester Tenant: Better to be sure your landlord knows what you are doing, since the landlord did expect a full month rent on the first...

Has a lease (not expired yet), 30-day notice claimed month-to-month, motion to dismiss?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: All things being equal a standard 30 day notice (NY Real Property Law section 232-a...

How to ask to be released early from a commercial lease?

Dear Brooklyn Commercial Tenant: You could return to the lawyer you engaged to negotiate the lease that left you without an exit plan if...

Dear Cooperative Board Members: I recommend the Board engage an attorney to review all iterations of the proprietary lease, board minutes and...

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