Dear New York Tenant: Your question is not clear. Are you the tenant or subtenant? What is pending at DHCR? A complaint with your landlord or...

Pre housing court stipulation?

Dear New York Property Owner: Your question will not lead to a unique response to your special circumstance. No matter what the lease states...

Is it legal for someone to be living in a storefront?

Dear Pittsburgh Tenant: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York. I am not licensed in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, like most cities,...

Is it legal to rent out basement appartments in private house in nyc?

Dear New York Property Owner: Allowing a tenant use of basement space as a residence, if illegal for your building, does not become "legal"...

Dear New York Tenant: The NYC Marshal will execute the warrant of eviction by supervising the changing of the locks on the apartment door, the...

Can a New York State plaintiff who gets a New York State Default judgments against a California defendant collect that judgment?

Dear New York Plaintiff: If the defendant (judgment debtor) is the dissolved New York LLC your collection efforts are aimed at the assets of the...

How long does it take to get a court date after filing?

Dear New York Tenant: No it is not normal. The Housing Court Judge or Clerk entered your court date on your lockout Order to Show Cause and that...

Dear New York Plaintiff: If the purpose of the lawsuit is to harm the defendant, and the court discovers that was your purpose, you face...

What do I do when I let my friend and his girlfriend stay at my apartment for one week and they left without notice and possess?

Dear Buffalo Tenant: New York law imposes on you the thankless status of involuntary gratuitous bailee. Technically, your friends made you the...

Dear Buffalo Tenant: You have an alternative to Small Claims Court. The New York State Attorney General accepts tenant complaints about security...

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