Can I legally get my landlord to lower my rent?

Dear Bethpage Tenant: Your basement apartment may indeed not conform to the local laws relating to the use of basement space in a building for...

IS this the proper time to bring up the entire chain of events or focus on what for hearing? I want to stay until end of lease.

Dear New York Tenant: There is a line of cases citing this proposition that a landlord's acceptance of rent from a tenant with knowledge of the...

Dear New York Tenant: Your tenant's landlord may believe there is an entitlement to a 10% surcharge since a Rent Stabilized landlord is entitled...

Dear Melville Coop Owner: Why on earth would you take the risk of an eviction by withholding maintenance payments? Go see a local lawyer to...

What can I do , will I be put out by a marshel or be locked out of my apartment on March 31.

Dear New York Tenant: You must mean the Housing Court Clerk has not yet formally issued a warrant of eviction to an NYC Marshal. Your landlord...

What can i do about the above situation?

Dear New York Tenant: I gather you rented an apartment that did not have Rent Stabilization tenant protections. New York law, generally allows a...

Are the landlords required to provide the reason for non-renewal? & does it apply to me if I don't also receive a letter?

Dear Rochester Tenant: Unless your lease required the landlord to provide a reason not to continue a tenancy with a new lease, NY law, allows a...

Did my landlord violate NYS law? if so, should I seek small claims?

Dear Ithaca Tenant: New York State law does not set out a time for the landlord to return a security deposit. Your landlord made up false...

Is this legal?

Dear Whitesboro Tenant: Generally, one apartment with bed bugs does usually share the bed bugs with adjoining apartments. Some of your neighbors...

Living in an illegal apartment for the past year.I Stop paying rent the past two months, can i sue for security deposit?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I gather you already moved out. The security deposit is your personal property held in trust by the landlord in case you...