What can I do?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: That news must be hard to swallow. If your family has a lease, the lease and the right to continued occupancy end on the...

Nonpayment case.?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: When a landlord "loses" without prejudice, often some technical defect in pleading or service of process or predicate...

What are my rights??

Dear Far Rockaway Tenant: You should be able to keep the apartment for the duration of the lease but you must pay rent.

Dear Manhattan Tenant: I know you are anxious and afraid--and thinking about the next to final steps right now helps you believe you are...

Can i still get into trouble my wife blew into my intorlock failed then passed 5 min later 2 months ago?

Dear Dix Hills Driver: If you allowed your wife to clear your interlock and admit doing so in an online forum you may consider having a private...

Is not catcalling illegal?

Dear Bianca: Catcalling is rude, offensive and out of control among some people and some others react violently when catcalled: See:...

Can I withhold rent due to fact no air for 2mths?

Dear Seneca Tenant: You should review the tenant information contained in this brochure...

Tenant Notice to vacate

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Not if the lease does not create that right. Look at the security clause at the end of the lease, or at the section...

Short Sale Dilemma: Paying off unrecorded lien after closing?

Dear Astoria Purchaser: Bob borrows $100,000.00 from Jill who incurs the expense of a home equity loan. Bob puts that money into a home...

Dear Howard Beach Tenant: The children are entitled to child support. You must go after your husband. Check this out:...