Can a party bring a housing court case without authority a lease a deed ext.

Dear NYC Tenant: Forget about suing your roommates now for rent or anything else in Housing Court until you take care of your own important...

NYC building regulation

Dear New York Contractor: Your business and you may require specific licenses from the NYC Department of Buildings for both low pressure boiler...

Do I have a case against a landlord that is stealing my power?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You likely do have a claim against your landlord but if you sue now this instant without the evidence you need you will...

Why am I the only one paying off my past apartment dues?

Dear Yonkers Tenant: You had a chance during the nonpayment eviction proceeding to make your own deal about paying the rent and let the...

I'm a co- owner of a house. My partner and I rent a room in the house.

Dear Medford Home Owner: What kind of "partner"? Do you really need to do something in your own house with your lodger over the objection of...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The failure to maintain a current registration of a multiple dwelling with HPD is common enough that the courts have...

Are the Cause of Actions the same for the plaintiff and a 3rd party of a counter claim?

Dear Lynbrook Defendant: No. That's not the way you do it. You seem to be following a form posted on the Internet where the self-represented...

If a general release for a Stipulation is signed months after the Stipulation, is it binding on the date of the Stip or date?

Dear New York Litigant: You need to review the "release" section of the Stipulation as well as of course the release. The stipulation may...

What NYS Eviction form do I use.

Dear Campbell Home Owner: I gather you own a house and your son and his family live together in the house and you do not share the house with...

Do I need to pay for landlord?

Dear Flushing Tenant: I see you asked this question with three variations of the facts. In any case, whether you were the person who walked into...