Court date keeps getting rescheduled for section 8 eviction

Dear Bronx Family Member: Based on your recitation of facts your family should have succeeded in the eviction proceeding long ago. Time to bite...

How do someone vacate a stipulation when the case is closed

Dear New York Tenant: The odds are not in your favor if you were represented by an attorney and consented to vacate the apartment by a...

Dear New York Tenant: I encountered this issue in my own practice on a number of occasions since Housing cases were merged into the Civil Court...

Dear Utica Tenant: The 30 day notice is used in NYC only. Everywhere else NY law requires a full one month notice from tenant to landlord or...

Question: How Can I Fight To Keep A Door Lock From Being Removed From My Apartment Door ?

Dear Charles: I suggest you reach out to tenant advocacy groups in White Plains. If you lived in NYC or another municipality in NYS that adopted...

Not sure what to do with rent checks received.

Dear New York Property Owner: I believe I am among the lawyers who answered your initial question. Tenant lawyers will say that if you had a...

How do I get a person out my house

Dear New York Tenant: Is your son and wife and six children on "their feet now" since that seems to be the limitation you and they accepted when...

Subletter trapped in eviction situation

Dear New York Subtenant: I gather you and the tenant did not secure the landlord written permission for the sublease ahead of subletting the...

Inconsiderate neighbors.

Dear Port Ewen Home Owner: I developed the practice of backing into my driveway years ago when confronted with a similar obstacle and after...

It's been over 60 days since I reentered my apt after my eviction by the City Marshal; can the police charge me w/ trespassing?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: It is a serious crime and the police may arrest, because a Civil Court Judge ordered your eviction, and an Officer of the...