Do I have legal right to stop paying rent when I'm on the lease based on the situation? Can I get off the lease somehow?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You and your co-tenants may agree with the landlord that you permanently vacated the apartment. Your co-tenants would take...

Dear New York Tenant: From your statement it appears you damaged the one item of furniture provided during your subtenacy. Do you know if...

Is this a landlord tenant law?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: What kind of lawsuit? if with your landlord then I am sure what the super meant was that it made no sense for you to ask...

Dear Jamaica Property Owner: Are both apartments in court, or one? Usually, an owner would gain a judgment for possession after the inquest,...

Can a landlord in New York City breach a 2 year lease before move in because of a "change of mind"? What remedies may exist?

Dear Bronx Tenant: Will the keys open the apartment door? Is the landlord's signature on your copy of the lease? Are any checks cashed? If...

Process server

Dear Jamaica Litigant: It is not possible to know the reason the process server did not produce GPS records of the service at your traverse...

Can a complaint that fails to state a claim receive a favorable judgment by default if the defendant fails to answer?

Dear New York Plaintiff: If the summons is issued in the NYC Civil Court, an inquest to secure a judgment, is a hearing with a judge, where...

Dear Northport Tenant: New York law does not allow for proof of a lease longer than one year unless the lease is a written lease. A landlord...

Dear Jamaica Tenant: One would expect that by 2016, the New York City Civil Court (Housing Part and the Appellate Terms) and the New York State...

What are our rights? Can we get evicted? What is the process and how do I combat it? Can I sue him for damages & cleaning?

Dear Hartsdale Tenant: If you need some good news, your landlord seems not to know that you he cannot declare you are evicted. Only a judge may...