Can I turn to water pressure down to a " trickle " ? ... 2 months behind in rent payment

Dear Avon Property Owner: Turn the water pressure down, to evict your tenants, illegally? No. The tenant would earn a claim to sue for...

What can i do

Dear Depew Tenant: You could wait this out until your landlord learns from a lawyer that she must provide one month notice to end a month to...

If someone leaves their personal items in at a property I am on the lease on can I remove it?

Dear Bayside Friend of a Tenant: Simple answer: No she cannot remove that other person's property. She needs her own divorce or family law...

NYS small claims judge ruled almost 1 year later against me do I have any remedies?

Dear Granville Tenant: You may have a right to appeal. If you do have this right, there is a strict time period to prepare and to serve the...

How do serve notice to evict to a commercial tenant with no lease

Dear Fishkill Property Owner: Hire an attorney. Depending on the terms and conditions of your commercial lease you may choose to make a rent...

A tenet in building had bed bugs. Landlord aware didn't tell me or exterminate when questioned he said just put two bombs.

Dear Lockport Tenant: If you have bites then your apartment became a secret home for bed bugs. There is no safe method for extermination by you...

What to do if tenants do not want to move out and using security deposit for last month payment

Dear New York Property Owner: When is the last month rent due? This month? If so, serve a written rent demand now on the tenant, after the time...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you have a lease for the basement apartment and the basement apartment is a "legal" apartment, you should document the...

Dear White Plains Tenant: In a month to month tenancy the tenant and landlord invent each month the terms of the tenancy. The tenant shows...

Security deposit

Dear New York Property Owner: When is the last month rent due? This month? If so, serve a written rent demand now on the tenant, after the time...