Do I have the legal right to evict a tenant who is subletting an apartment and earning a profit on my property?

Dear Astoria Property Owner: Right now your hands are tied. You have no Pathway without first renewing the lease. Since you allowed the time...

Am I being extorted?

Dear Bayshore Tenant: Just hire a driver and a van. Local classified advertising should present a number of choices. Or, the storage center may...

Can I change the locks to lock out a tenant which agreed to move out on August 14th through a one party consented video?

Dear Bronx Property Owner: No. You can't lock out a tenant. In NYC that's a crime. You might be aware that in NYC even a tenant who does not...

Landlord hassling us about VERY OLD carpets and threatening to withhold our entire deposit?

Dear New Windsor Tenant: No. New York does not have a statewide uniform law relating to carpet replacement. That is as you see due to the fact...

How long does an Owner have to file an answer in an HP proceeding?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If the owner does not serve or file an answer on the second court date you may point that failure to plead an affirmative...

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What if the rental ad is different from the actual lease? Can I refuse to sign the lease and get back my security deposit?

Dear Westbury Tenant: If you believe your landlord committed an unethical bait and switch to lure you into turning over money before seeing the...

Dear Staten Island Tenant: If the eviction was a surprise and you did not know the marshal was coming around to carry out an eviction, then get...

Tenant is owning us rent but we decide to serve her a holdover can she refuse to leave after the 30 day notice?

Dear Manhattan Property Owner: Your parents have no right to use a holdover proceeding unless the tenant does not have a lease. They have...

What can i do?

Dear Cuba Tenant: If you have a current lease then it is unlikely that the lease allows the landlord a right to terminate the lease early and so...

Our landlord wants to buy us out of our rent stablelized apt in great location in Harlem? For how much do we ask?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Number one rule of a buy out negotiation for the tenant is never ever make the first offer. From that point forward you...