Is a landlord in New York responsible for temporary housing placement if someone has bedbugs while they exterminate for 1 month?

Dear Cousin of a Chelsea Tenant: Your cousin may require the services of an attorney with bedbug experience (for example at the guides published...

Dear Former New York Tenant: The lawsuit is in the place and court identified in the Summons. For your summons, since you live in New York...

Dear Rochester Tenant: A tenant without an extant lease is vulnerable to demand to pay new (increase) rent every month if the landlord makes...

Dear Manhattan HDFC Cooperator: Other shareholders may force a special meeting of shareholders to address this breach of fiduciary duty and...

My lease states for three people can my landlord dictate those people?

Dear Springville Tenant: Had the lease said "you alone no one else" New York State law reads into that lease, your son as a member of your...

Dear Far Rockaway Tenant: DHCR is an administrative agency and that makes for proceedings at DHCR to slow down and seem out of touch with real...

How long does a landlord have to complete construction on a single family home?

Dear Niagara Falls Tenant: There is no "law" for this. Your lease likely turned over to you exclusive use of the house for the duration of your...

Is my landlord legally able to contact my father (who is not a cosigner ) for an overdue balance/partially paid rent? ?

Dear Valley Stream Tenant: Your father isn't obliged to answer your landlord's calls. That should stop the calling. Your landlord is not bound...

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: You are correct, you should show all the papers to a lawyer. Grandmother conveyed her ENTIRE interest in the...

Moving out of country, how can I fight a $180 late fee on a $900/month rent?

Dear Watertown Tenant: Look to your lease to learn the limitation you and the landlord settled upon for a late fee. I doubt the lease contained...