Can I ask for more time to prepare an answer for a nonpayment petition?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: If you are preparing your written answer at home, I urge you read all the information published online by the NYC Housing...

Can I get in trouble if my roommate subleases my apartment without mine or my landlords consent?

Dear New York Tenant: Many years ago, New York State legislators wrote a new law to deal with the right of a single-tenant surviving a lease...

Can I rent my sublet for 1 year

Dear Bronx Tenant: In New York a tenant (your "master tenant") right to sublease derives from a state-wide statute, the tenant's lease and if...

Do I need to continue to pay rent?

Dear New York Tenant: In my opinion your promise to pay rent to the landlord until a new tenant took over contained an implied reciprocal...

Can the landlord legally withhold my security deposit at the end of the lease if I did not give 60 days notice of leaving?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: In my opinion that referenced clause isn't legal. Your landlord is not bound by my opinion. This means there is no statute...

If tenant served marshal show for cause, can landlord ask court for move the court date earlier then 2 weeks?

Dear Bayside Property Owner: You have a remedy at the Appellate Term to seek an order vacating the stay. If you have a lawyer, then you...

Dear Bronx Property Owner: I doubt the judge would hold a typo or scrivener error as reason by itself to determine to turn down the application...

What can I do about my landlord not having an exterminator come to our apartment for th cockroach problem.

Dear Bronx Tenant: Extermination of roaches is a legal obligation of your landlord for your apartment and for the building even if your lease...

Dear New York Tenant: If your lease is for the entire house, then taking away from you the exclusive use of the basement and back yard, is a...

How three people rob me for three designer pocketbooks& wallet and only two people get charged..Third person was the main one

Dear Crime Victim: You would need to inquire from the police or the District Attorney the reason so far that two of three of the thieves were...