Dear Rego Park: Pay for a background search. Much less expensive than hiring an attorney to do the same.

Is a lease drawn up by a tenant instead of a landlord still legally binding?

Dear North Tonawanda Tenant: Most tenants and landlords resort to forms of leases neither side wrote. But the lease once properly completed,...

How does my father get back his apartment?

Dear Son of a New York Tenant: Based only on your information and nothing more; your father must secure a vacate of the order of protection....

Anyway I can charge tenants as trespassers? Have to do anything 1st before filing complaint w/police?

Dear Syracuse Property Owner: Your tenants are not trespassers even when they stop paying rent. Police will not help. If you serve the one...

I want to know if it's legal to rent rooms out of that apt.

Dear Bronx Property Owner: No. It is not legal for an owner to rent out rooms only in a privately owned two family home.

should I make rent payments to a landlord has not given me a new lease after the old one has expired?

Dear New York Tenant: There is no chance to claim a lease as a successor to a relative if the apartment is in a privately owned building and not...

What is a proper notice to cure entail and why am I in court without getting one or given a chance to cure?

Dear New York Tenant: A tenant makes an issue about jurisdiction by a motion to dismiss. A holdover proceeding based on termination of tenancy...

Is the landlord allowed to sit downstairs in the lobby and ask private questions people coming to see me while in court against

Dear New York Tenant: There is no law to prevent the landlord sitting in the lobby or using a sign in book. The same goes for your guests. No...

Dear New York Tenant: The prime tenant threatened an illegal eviction. As between you and the tenat you have a valid lease. He as much as...

Dear Brooklyn Driver: The person you should rely on is your attorney. You may find an abundance of information about the field sobriety test and...