Can a tenant deduct the cost of a new roof from the rent if landlord refuses to do repairs?

Dear Brookhaven Tenant: A month to month tenant has the right to move out from dilapidated housing without the risk and liability of a tenant...

What can we do to get our entire security deposit back on a rental we vacated over 2 months ago?

Dear New York Tenant: The NY Attorney General usually declines to determine complaints on rent security deposits when the landlord made...

Dear Niagara Falls Tenant: New York law is on your landlord's side. A month to month tenant may end a tenancy with an advance one month notice...

Can a judge grant a 6 month stay

Dear Brooklyn NYCHA Tenant: You had to secure the Property Manager's written permission to allow another person to live with you in your...

Dear Brookhaven Tenant: Without delving into the local code for your town (I suggest if you have the time do so) this article sums up in plain...

Landlord is renting her home to too many people at once. Their are nine people renting presently illegally. How to report?

Dear Albany Tenant: If you are concerned that your landlord continues to use her home as an illegal rooming house or hotel after you move out...

Can i get my ex husband out of the house even if we are both on the lease?

Dear New York Tenant: I changed the subject to divorce. You likely have no path to removal of your ex-husband in a landlord and tenant...

Dear Bronx Tenant: The landlord had one day to stop the leak. The landlord is not going to do so without you taking some measures. For tenants...

How fast can I evict tenant for urgently needed owner move in?

Dear Forest Hills Co-Op Owner: Please try to use an experienced property owner rights (landlord) attorney on Monday. Any "notices" you created...

Can a landlord keep your security deposit if you never move in and it is the landlords actions that cause you not to move in

Dear Rochester Tenant: Your potential landlord may have confused a "hold deposit" intended to keep an apartment off the market while the...