What if the notice was verbally? ( Since it was one family house.)

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I'll guess you are a person renting a basement apartment. In all likelihood, this space is illegal to allow a person to...

When does the statute of limitation in defense #10 starts? The day I move in or the day I moved out from the apartment?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you are referring to a breach of the warranty of habitability the defense arises when the tenant provides notice to the...

There is a person in my downstairs apartment who has no lease with me. I am no longer able to locate original renter.

Dear Rochester Property Owner: Recommending a strategy for you long-distance is less preferable to you consulting a lawyer closer to your...

Interpret: ...Tenant to pay all expenses...such as but not limited....and required repairs replacement of all appliances....

Dear Tenant: I recommend you do not sign a lease with this explicit obligation of tenancy without complete review by an attorney.

I want to know if the keep aJourneys case is that a good or bad thing

Dear New York Spouse: Your wife must have an attorney. Ask the attorney if this strategy of adjourning the case makes sense.

Dear Smithtown Family Member: No. An "unlicensed broker" is not a broker. Read:...

If I have a case in court, for suing the former landlord for being sick from Flood, Toxic Mold, Toxic Fumes, Damages.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You may very well have real damages due to exposure to a toxic environment in your former home and you certainly will blow...

Purchase of Co-op turned Condominium purchase pending for almost one year, no sign of when the move in is going to be.

Dear New York Purchaser: Based on your information the seller long ago defaulted in coming to a closing on the contract of sale. Your attorney...

Was it possible to cross-move for a Stay of Proceedings (which I was entitled by statute) at a time proceedings were dismissed?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: There is no need to appeal. Make a motion for a stay of proceedings based on the utility cut off for the public areas of...

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What Can I do to prevent eviction

Dear Staten Island Tenant: You are the hardship tenant the city is desperately hoping to save from eviction and homelessness. You are not at the...