Dear Copiague Tenant: You are not breaching the lease if forced to move due to extremely toxic and other hazardous conditions in the rented...

Dear New York Tenant: An application is not a contract to rent or a lease. Be sure that withdrawing the application risks only your application...

Dear New York Tenant: Do you mean you paid rent by check every month but the landlord never cashed a single monthly rent check tendered other...

I would like to inherit my dead father's rent stabilized apartment. He died in May and I have been living with him for a year.

Dear Manhattan Tenant: I extend my condolences to you. I am sure this is a tough time for you. If you are not a senior citizen the minimum...

Can a commercial Tennant remove a sign three months after property has been vacated?

Dear Olean Property Owner: If the former tenant stole the sign make a police report.

Dear Flushing Tenant: I have bad news. Your history of one Housing Court case (a summary proceeding -- New York does not use forcible detainer...

Dear. Manhattan Tenant: Already pointed out to you is some judges may disagree. You run into a judge if the landlord makes a motion to dismiss...

Can the burden be placed on the Complainant?

Dear Brooklyn Litigant: K is required to comply with the subpoena. Someone must serve notice of entry of the decision and order and file with...

When purchasing a single family home for my residence and the home has a tenant, do I have the right to move in at closing?

Dear Conklin Home Purchaser: I am fairly certain that if you could not find an attorney to represent you in Conklin, some where in Broome...

How can I terminate a lease after a tenant denied entry to my boyfriend and made threats?

Dear Ridgewood Tenant: If you rent the apartment from a landlord and rent a room in the apartment to another person, that other person is not a...