Dear West Babylon Tenant: There is nothing in the lease about early termination or cancellation options since NY landlords do not need to offer...

Holdover was switched into a non payment petition and if it is dismissed in court, how much time before holdover is initiated?

Dear Hyde Park Tenant: I noticed today you authored another question on this housing law issue and today you mentioned the judge declined to sign...

Can I not pay my last month of rent in asking for my security deposit after my lease ends?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Paying rent is an obligation of tenancy due at the inception of the tenancy. Practice and convention allow tenants to pay...

Can a landlord evict you in nyc for bringing more people to live?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The landlord cannot raise the rent during the current lease. If the apartment is rent stabilized the current legal...

Dear Cortland Tenant: Your landlord illegally used physical force to evict you from your home without taking his time to use a proper court...

Can a tenant break a lease because his wife is going into hospice ?

Dear Long Beach Property Owner: You certainly may make a compassionate decision and release the tenants from the lease.

How many days will take it to get travel Document?

Dear Brooklyn Resident: You must identify the class of document you requested. Start here: https://www.uscis.gov/i-131 Why not ask your...

Can you start a eviction acton and a Order Of Protection at the same time?

Dear New York Tenant: The divorce decree should have determined your exclusive right to the marital residence. If somehow this did not take...

Can I be sued?

Dear Patchogue Friend: If you were not sued in the lawsuit already commenced it is unlikely the tenant would separately sue you. But you...

What are my rights as a tenant if my landlord dies?

Dear New York Tenant: A personal representative of the Estate has authority to terminate your tenancy but no one has power to evict you without...