When a house is foreclosed on are the tenants that live there suppose to be given any kind of notice to move?NYS outside NYC

Dear Amsterdam Tenant: The new owner may serve a ten day notice to quit. The ten day notice is the notice to move out. You were entitled to...

What's benefit/drawback of signing a lease at this point?

Dear Southampton Tenant: A better question is there an advantage continuing to live in a building likely illegally converted to a multiple...

How much can I be charged in late fees on maintenance in a coop in queens NY?

Dear Rego Park Shareholder: To start, you placed this question in the Energy category. I suggest you try to post again in Landlord and Tenant....

Can I evict a rent stabilized nuisant tenant, about 50+, lives alone ?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: Based only on the bare-bones information you provided you could make out a lease termination notice grounded upon...

Is it legal for management to use the keys to my apartment without prior notification as to why?

Dear Bronx Tenant: No. It is not proper to attempt entry into the apartment by the method you described. It is a lease violation to enter the...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You could avoid talking about this with your landlord and hope to ride out this last month without a formal rent demand....

How do you evict someone out of an illegal apartment?

Dear Huntington Grandson: You go on and hire an attorney for your grandmother and let the attorney prepare the legal papers necessary to start...

My spouse is charge with bulgary in his own home and he did not steal anything thing will he get jail time

Dear Jamaica Tenant: If your husband had been to court he likely has an assigned attorney. So have your husband ask his lawyer. Of course,...

How to evict a roommate if she is not paying and refuses to leave?

Dear New York Tenant: No. That is not how it works. You would already have been in court with your eviction case had you only properly ended the...

Tenant moved out of apartment and broke lease 5 months early and left the apartment in a mess. What can I do?

Dear Yonkers Property Owner: When you were away internationally, your son acquired apparent authority to act as your agent in your absence. The...