Most New York litigation is electronically filed. Is this a NYSCEF summons? An Answer is the response to a Complaint. But when a Summons is not...

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: What difference does it make? Everyone faces the same delays. It is what it is. Everyone knows the court cannot follow...

The County District Attorney is able to prosecute a person arrested and indicted for committing perjury. Bring your facts to the DA.

Dear Manhattan Tenant There is no reason to guess about the basement apartment. Look up the building Certificate of Occupancy at NYC DOB. Look...

The guarantor required by a landlord in a residential lease makes the promise to pay and perform the terms of the lease to the landlord and not to...

Dear Manhattan Commercial Tenant: That was always the law in New York State if the security was deposited in an interest-bearing account...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: If an NYC Marshal served a Notice of Eviction, you and everyone living in the apartment will be evicted on a day after...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Please describe the document you called an Eviction Notice. If this is a paper from a NYC Marshal, then there is another...

Dear New Paltz Tenant: You may hire an attorney to write a letter to the landlord. Late fees are legal if the lease allows for rent fees. The...

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: I'll suggest that no attorney other than your attorney would relate to you, an anonymous AVVO User, that you...