How can I go about this

Dear Staten Island Tenants: Your current legal rights are vastly different if you have a lease or do not have a lease. If you do not have a...

Can I get the police involved if my brother refuses to leave my apartment? Need detailed help please

Dear Staten Island Tenant: Your brother's income may count to the total of your household income and have an impact on your section 8...

How to deal with improper servicing.

Dear Brooklyn Resident: The "judge" will not dismiss on an oral request to do so. You will need to secure an adjournment to prepare, serve and...

Dear Bronx Tenant: A lawsuit based on breach of contract is subject to a six-year statute of limitations. So your right to sue is alive. Go to a...

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Can a residential lease in New York State give landlord the right to enter without notice?

Dear Dryden Tenant: Many NY landlords throughout the State rely on only a handful of standard lease forms and most standard lease forms build-in...

Can I file a counterclaim for a Order to vacate via Housing court?

Dear New York Tenant: A party has access to use an Order to Show Cause in place of a notice of motion if the judge OK's the application. Tenants...

Do I need to contact/call DOB?

Dear Flushing Tenant: New York law does not recognize a tenant cause of action to claw back rent paid for an illegal apartment. You did not to...

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Landlord negligent and is passing all repairs to tenant. What do we do? Desperate situation need help.

Dear Bedford Hills Tenants: You have options. NY law does not impose many tenant rights onto rentals of single family homes. But one major...

What is the proper way to write these notices up? And can they all be ran together on the same letter?

Dear Buffalo Tenant: As stated by Mr. Bentsen the merger of two legal claims into one notice, is as you noticed confusing. That is due to the...

Do I have to evict her or is there a better way to make her leave now?

Dear Poughkeepsie Home Owner: What could be better than a legal eviction through the court system, other than a voluntary departure. But you...