What can we counterclaim for in this situation (in addition to loss of rental income)?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: You may counterclaim for anything you want up to $5000. If you do so be sure to counterclaim for the $1350.00 you...

Dear Rensselaer: Your question is not clear about the type of lease and is posted in the practice area "Oil & Gas." If the lease is for a...

Is a hc stipulation valid if the attorney for petitioner only initialed it .petitioner signed prose respondent signs

Dear Long Island City Tenant: Attorney signatures on Stipulations are in a sense beside the point especially where both parties signed, but make...

30-day written notice to terminate the lease

Dear New York Tenant: It is a prohibited practice to offer a renewal lease on terms and conditions not exact as in the original lease and with...

Does my Electric Meter need to be moved?

Dear Heuvelton Home Owner: Usually, the home owner does not own the meter box. That belongs to the utility company. See for example this...

Dear Brooklyn Plaintiff: Go and commence your lawsuit in another County. Let defendant make a motion that the venue is not proper. You have a...

What do I need to say to the judge to convince him not to vacate dismissal?

Dear New York Property Owner: The chance is high that any one of the judges who circuit through Small Claims Court will vacate the default in...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: As long as you succeed in dismissal motions and the court dismisses without prejudice you will delay the day when your...

As a group of friends I took a small sip of alcohol should I still have been fined 25$?

Who should fine you? Your parents? Your friends?

My building has no windows in the hallways that can be opened and the air circulation has been off for 2 years. What can I do?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If the hall windows open to a fire escape the windows must open. It is a code violation if the fire escape is blocked by a...