Can I sue for attorney costs incurred while defending a commercial lease?

Dear East Meadows Commercial Tenant: A commercial tenant's claim to entitlement to recovery of legal expenses incurred from a successful defense...

II have medical marijuana card can I get evicted

Dear Flushing Tenant: Has your landlord served any papers indicating a desire to evict because you vape the medical product? If so, you need to...

A/B are on a lease B rented his room and moved out and wants a security deposit back from A whom wasn't give to him but to B?

Dear Brooklyn Friend of a Tenant 'A': Your instinct is correct. A does not owe B's replacement (roommate) for a security deposit the roommate...

Recourse for noise and bullying landlord?

Dear New York Tenant: Congratulations on the success you achieved on your own without the huge expense and frustration of hiring an attorney...

Dear New York Tenant: Congratulations on the success you achieved on your own without the huge expense and frustration of hiring an attorney who...

2 tenants on lease one moves out rents room to a friend who paid him security deposit he now wants deposit from other tenant?

Dear Brooklyn Friend of a Tenant: Your friend is correct. He does not owe the replacement roommate a refund of a security deposit this person...

How long does a landlord have to deposit a tenants rental security deposit and inform the tenant where it was deposited?

Dear Ronkonkoma Tenant: If the apartment is "illegal" due to a Certificate of Occupancy violation (not yet recorded) and or lack of a rental...

Dear Ronkonkoma Tenant: If you do not have a lease, give the landlord notice of the termination of the month to month tenancy and move out....

What are my rights as a tenant in a rented home with no renters permit?

Dear Calverton Tenant: Look up the Town of Riverhead Code provisions dealing with an illegal rental (rented premises without a rental permit)....

Dear Ronkonkoma Tenant: Do you mean "illegal apartment" because the Certificate of Occupancy is for a single-family home and does not describe...