Dear Bronx Tenant: So explain how with a family with dire health issues, and an attorney, you agreed to settle a holdover proceeding by moving...

What are my options?

Dear Schenectady Tenant: The intrusion into your apartment of the bad odor of smoking marijuana, is technically a trespass. You have rights to...

Can my landlord kick me out of my apartment when my neighbors complain of my child making too much noise at night?

Dear Mount Vernon Tenant: You could offer your landlord a higher monthly rent in exchange for a longer (new) lease. Only a lease will protect a...

Do I have a chance of getting my NYC apartment converted back to rent controlled if it was illegally deregulated?

Dear New York Tenant: The apartment was Rent Stabilized; not Rent Controlled. You have stumbled on one of the common schemes employed to create...

Dear Amsterdam Tenant: OK you have a notice to quit, but you did not say who made the notice. If from a party without any right to demand you...

Dear Lockport Tenant: The landlord may charge rent as provided in the lease. If the lease provided a nonrefundable deposit as well as an...

How long does a land lord have to return a security deposit and under what grounds do they have to keep it?

Dear Boston Tenant: Of course the landlord's reason for not returning the security deposit is bogus. The moving of the curtain rods to the...

How can i get Toyota of Manhattan to pay my parking ticket, can i sue?

Dear New York Toyota Owner: So do you have anything written down from Toyota that the ticket is its responsibility and Toyota will pay your...

Dear Rochester Property Owner: I suggest you consult a local attorney and explore in detail the use of the land by one of three co-owners. An...

Are we entitled to our FULL security deposit from our landlord. He is withholding it for a repair he agreed to pay for.

Dear Liverpool Tenant: You may be entitled to the full security or the balance after the cost incurred repairing the window is deducted. If you...