Are weekend days included in the number of days before you can be served with a Notice of Petition in Nassau County ?

Dear Bellmore Tenant: The landlord may file a false proof of service to present "evidence" the petition was served within the legal window...

Can a primary tenant simply refuse entry into the apartment?

Dear New York Tenant: Your primary tenant crosses a line from a person with differences to criminal by locking you out from your shared home....

Who pays the broker's fees, and transfer taxes in the sale of a co-op unit?

Dear New York Purchaser: Your attorney should have stepped out of the potential conflict where the income earned from the commission is vastly...

Dear New York Tenant: The NYC Housing Maintenance Code (contained within the NYC Administrative Code) sets standards for windows and...

I am about to close a large office lease, but the landlord has no CO on the property

Dear New York Tenant: Yes. This may be a serious problem. I gather you did not employ an attorney to negotiate the terms of the lease. That too...

What can I do.My dad took my daughter and my husband to court for eviction saying the park managef was going to evict if he didn

Dear Bloomingburg Tenant: New York tenants residing in Manufactured Home Parks (MHP) have extra-special rights, and among those rights is the...

How can I get security for a possible rental back.

Dear Traveler from Kansas: Technically, without a lease, the money you "wired" to hold this rental for you until you came to New York to...

What should I do to get my money back??

Dear Floral Park Tenant: Tenants "burned" by a former landlord's wrongful theft of a tenant security deposit and are "busy" may avoid a court...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Congratulations in your legal analysis, since a dozen years ago, that was the perfect fact pattern for an order dismissing...

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Dear Craryville Resident: I suggest you get in touch with the Columbia County Sheriff at http://www.columbiacountysheriff.us/ A starter...