Dear Manhattan Tenant: The expired lease likely provided the tenant had an obligation at the end of the lease to move out and leave the...

Can I request my security deposit back after my initial lease is up if I am renewing my lease?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A security deposit is not intended to pay rent in the event you missed a month or so. Your security deposit clause may be...

Can my landlord make me vacate my apartment by noon despite me paying full rent for the entire month?

Dear Liverpool Tenant: No. How is he going to "make" you get out by noon? If he uses force or threatens you call the police or a lawyer. You...

How to serve the tenants 30 days notice of termination?

Dear Staten Island Property Owner: If you are going to do so do this now. Use and attorney to be sure the form is written properly and served as...

How do I go to evict tenants that owed back rent and one year lease expired?

Dear Staten Island Property Owner: You made the tenant month to month by taking June rent after the lease ended. If you miss the chance to end...

Can I legally have an unrelated occupant in my 3 BR apartment if I am one of the 3 tenants?

Dear Ithaca Tenant: As long as all three tenants live together in the apartment and continue as the tenants named in the lease none of the...

Dear. Bronx Tenant: Slow down. Take a breath. The protections afforded to Rent Stabilized tenants derive from statute. If a RS tenant does...

Does landlord have to produce petitions of loud noise & other complaints regarding a tenant in court?

Dear Brooklyn Parent: Your son could benefit from a lawyer in a nuisance holdover proceeding. Your son is entitled to pre-trial discovery but he...

Dear New Paltz Property Owner: OK. Does the lease also allow for accelerated termination of the lease if the landlord serves a notice upon the...

How do I get a licencee's friend removed from my house in nys?

Dear Auburn Homeowner: So the "gentleman" lied. You do not have a straightforward path to removing the girlfriend, since a tenant in New York...