Can I bring an illegal lockout proceeding based on utility turn-off?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The landlord committed the crime of unlawful eviction by interfering with electricity service to your home. So you may...

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How do i go about early termination

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: New York State law allows a tenant a right to assign the lease to a person able to pay the rent. You will need a real...

I lost the Sublease agreement, however in text message he agreed, Is this admissible?

Dear Rochester Tenant: In a litigation you will force the defendant to produce the signed sublease by a notice to produce, admit the truth of...

How many months notice do I need to give my landlord to vacate my rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan?

Dear New York Tenant: Slow down. Tenant lawyers have experience negotiating financial incentives to tenants for surrender of a rent controlled...

Dear Bronx Tenant: As a departing tenant from a rent stabilized apartment where DHCR granted a landlord request to increase rent based upon a...

Dear New York Tenant: The lease is valid. A wrongly placed signature is a signature.

If my lease is ending but I am planning on signing a new lease and a roommate refuses to vacate for the new lease, what do I do?

Dear Poughkeepsie Tenant: No. It is not that easy. Your roommates are month to month tenant. You must provide one month notice terminating the...

Landlord caused flood can I hold her responsible for my personal belongings since she directly damaged them?

Dear Bronx Tenant: You may surely consider your landlord is responsible for the damage. She admitted the facts of the events that lead to the...

Not sure what to do about Landlord having me served with 3days/30day notice papers...

Dear Broadalbin Tenant: New York State law does not require a landlord hire an attorney to produce a written rent demand. The state mandates...

How can I prove retaliation?

Dear New York Tenant: No. The landlord did not set you up if your tenancy is not rent stabilized and your lease comes to an end by its own...