Dear Rochester Driver: If the device is a Smart Start Interlock on your vehicle, you may have a defect in the device or your Interlock refused...

Dear New York Tenant: Best wishes for the New Year. You asked a similar question yesterday and several attorneys responded to your concern that...

Can I?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Generally, a court will uphold a stipulation made in open court by a tenant and a landlord. The judge is not involved in...

Can someone who moved and left you in their apartment to stay just come and ask you to leave without any notice?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: There is no "law" that says your landlord cannot ask you to leave without notice; but asking you to leave without notice...

Should I settle with my landlord for damages caused by me?

Dear New York Tenant: Best wishes for a New Year. A couple of days ago you inquired if you could be responsible for the damage caused by the...

Did I do something against the law?

Dear New York Occupant: Your married friend's wife also posted a question. Since this is a public forum you could read the answer at her...

What can I do about the fact that a stranger took possession of my apartment while I was travelling?

Dear New York Tenant: Under the "law" if your rent apartment is Rent Stabilized you likely already forfeited your right to a renewal lease...

Can new landlord change my rent

Dear Syracuse Tenant: How long a period is covered by the verbal agreement with the former owner? If one month, then a successor owner may...

How to get family members out of my apartment when they do not pay rent

Dear New York Tenant: Well there is an expression to the point that no good deed goes unpunished. These people are your family, so do not make...

Dear New York Tenant: The offered two-year lease renewal is a fraud. Your landlord cannot demand a tenant ever sign a two-year renewal lease....

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