Do I need an attorney to respond to a frivolous cease and desist letter from a landlord who is ruining our neighborhood?

Dear Syracuse Tenant: This is an awful situation facing you and your family. The person across the street has something you do not have--and...

Can my landlord evict me while his building is under foreclose?

Dear Bronx Tenant: If you do not have a lease the landlord may end the tenancy with a properly served thirty day tenancy termination notice. If...

Will I get an extension on my eviction?

Dear Bronx Tenant: You offered many reasons for the court to turn down a request for an extension, but you never mentioned whether the deadline...

Is it so bad just to leave it this way, that date is not so important ?

Dear Manhattan Property owner: The "date" of the document is not the part of the lease that expresses the term of the lease. If the lease...

Lodging Houses Agent (Multiple Dwelling) 16 unit room ?

Dear Buffalo Rooming House Agent: Did you secure the agent license required by Local Law [http://ecode360.com/13580652] Section 269-5? If so,...

Can a family member get reimbursed for providing house hold help ?

Dear Buffalo Tenant: You may pay a family member for providing household help to you while recovering from your injury.

What are my options in dealing with My downstairs neighbors in a 2 family house?

Dear Bayside Tenant: I empathize with your dread of loss of control over your new home for you and your daughter due to unruly and obnoxious...

What to do ?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: The "law" doesn't step in to private contracts to save one side from making a bad deal. You had every reason to walk away...

What to do if I don't don't any appartment by the end of this month?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: The "law" doesn't step in to private contracts to save one side from making a bad deal. You had every reason to walk away...

Dear Lynbrook Property Owner: It would be a disturbance of the peace to use self-help after 20 years, and the police may respond to your call....