Can a share holder of a co op attain a roommate without permission from the co op board?

Dear Friend of a White Plains Co-Op Owner: Generally, in New York, a tenant is entitled to a Roommate, without any need for advanced permission...

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Is it ok for a lease holder to get roommates without landlord's permission?

Dear New York Subtenant: If you are a subtenant than you alone and no one else should be living in the apartment for the duration of the...

My landlord is clearly wrong. Wants to keep security deposit. Will i be liable for rent for rent if I stay during trial?

Dear Forest Hills Tenant: I suggest you take time and consult an attorney. Even were a court at some point ready to agree with you that the...

Can a landlord just raise your rent out of no where with out a lease?

Dear Middletown Tenant: Yes. That is the precise circumstance when a landlord may declare a new rent. Only a lease with a set rent for a defined...

Tenant rented NYC apartment for a year, left halfway thru lease w/o adequate notice. Can we collect full year's rent due?

Dear New York Property Owner: The market has not tanked. Your broker isn't taking your rental seriously. New York law allows a landlord to...

Can I sign up for a subtenant when I have my lease in different apt? (NYC)

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: No matter what you believe is going on you cannot be a subtenant of the Manhattan apartment without the landlord's...

Can I sue my landlord for renting my an uninhabitable living space and knowing we we're going to be evicted?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: So the remedies available are a complaint at the New York State Attorney General Office. Look...

How can someone get off someone lease

Dear Bronx Tenant: Children ordinarily are not named as tenants on a parent's lease.

I rent a room in an apartment in upper manhanttan and I wrote the lease via email. Is it valid and admissible in court?

Dear New York Tenant: The lease you wrote and sent by email, that neither you nor your landlord signed, likely has nothing to do at all, with a...

Should I continue to pay my rent to my landlord even though they are not doing anything to fix the water leak we have at cellar.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The decision to embark on a course of rent withholding should be made only with an attorney review with you of all the...