What can I do if I found out that I am living in a foreclosed home paying rent

Dear Bayshore Tenant: You allow the District Attorney name the crimes to charge your friend. Consider hiring an attorney. You are a material...

What are my legal rights to get back my security deposit on an apartment I have rented?

Dear New York Tenant: Please take good photos of every nail hole in every wall in every room of the apartment. Your landlord likely will...

Looking for lawyer/possible vacate/early lease termination

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Perhaps you were mistaken about a vacate order and a fine and whether you had any liability for the illegal conditions....

Dear Bronx Property Owner: Your argument for a need for speed up the process by the court is countered by you delaying your lawsuit until after...

What does this part of my lease mean?

Dear Syracuse Camper: Generally the campground provides access for RV owners to utilities of choice and charges separately for electric as used...

Can I call exterminator and take fee out of rent

Dear Bronx Tenant: New York State law builds into every lease and rental agreement a promise (a "warranty") by the landlord to always maintain...

What are my rights as a tenant when my apartment has building violations, but they even existed before I moved in 10 years ago?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I gather the Loft Building had not secured its residential Certificate of Occupancy and the landlord was engaged in the...

Will our tenants get more time before being evicted?

Dear Jamaica Property Owner: The judge should turn down the request for more time if the tenants who defaulted rather than the tenant who made...

What can be done if Im living in a place rent paid by hra, but Im paying the rent with proof of it...Im not the resident of the

Dear New York Tenant: Is the building an SRO? HRA is paying the contract rent to the landlord with an agreement that your friend is the legal...

Dear New York Tenant: New York State law does not require a party sign each page of a contract (your lease, for example) with initials to...