Can a landlord ask for more security in letting the tenant stay after lease end?

Dear Forest Hills Property Owner: Perhaps I may help. Start with the lease you have with the tenant. Many forms of lease spell out an owner...

What is the procedure to get an order of eviction for our 27 year old?

Dear Amherst Parent: Over my forty year experience, I recognize a profound shift by judges and courts away from a standard form of landlord and...

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What is the procedure to get an order of eviction for our 27 year old son?

Dear Amherst Parent: Over my forty year experience, I recognize a profound shift by judges and courts away from a standard form of landlord and...

Can a landlord rent an apartment for 7 years and only register the last two years and keeping unregistered the years 1-5?

Dear Bronx Tenant: The gap in the apartment Rent History may prove helpful to you when the DHCR has a chance to decide if you paid an illegal...

Is a lease still valid after an eviction is filed in NY?

Dear New York Property Owner: The lease is over as a matter of law when the court issued the warrant of eviction: "3. The issuing of a...

What can I do to get my relatives that live on the second floor to pay the utilities?

Dear Queens Village Tenant: The legal one family house may have one meter for electricity, because the utility will not add a meter to an...

NYC - Fixed Term Lease, Unregulated Apt - Notice of Nonrenewal

Dear New York Tenant: Provide the sixty days notice and avoid the issue. No this will not extend the lease but may allow the landlord to claim a...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You could make the request to the landlord. You do not have a right to install a private security camera so your landlord...

Can I send a letter to my tenants making them responsible for trash in front of the house in Queens, NY?

Dear Elmhurst Property Owner: If the written lease right now does not shift the burden to sweep clean the sidewalk twice a day (that is the...

Is it it legal? Can I sue? Landlord is doing major Construction in downstairs apartment and list 2 family private house did

Dear Katonah Tenant: Your attorney would start with the Town of Bedford Building Inspector at:...