How can I protect myself for potential damages? Do I have the right to enter his room without notice?

Dear New York Tenant: Your ornery roommate has a plan to hold you up for big bucks. He is your responsibility. Check your lease. The lease...

If there are 2 people living in an apartment for over 30 years, is the apartment legally consider theirs as a tenant

Dear Ozone Park Tenant: Thirty years occupancy, no lease and without paying rent, limits the status of your tenancy to that of a month to month...

Leaving without a lease

Dear Red Hook Tenant: Do you discuss your private business with strangers? Did this person show you a copy of a legal proceeding against the...

Can I evict tenants based on non-payment of rent with less than 30 day notice? Best way if not by signed-for letter & no compute

Dear Syracuse Property Owner: In addition to complying with State laws applicable to all end of tenancy and eviction proceedings, your City has...

What are options when i go before the judge?

Dear Spencer Driver: If you were caught on Rout 17C, the location is a well-known speed trap. See:...

What are my legal rights in regards to the procurement of funds from his girlfriend?

Dear Locust Valley Home Owner: I doubt your brother will feel constrained to charge his girlfriend rent to sleep in his room. Once you and your...

Is what the sheriff said true I just dont want to think its ok to stay and its not

Dear Cheektowaga Roommate: The landlord would not use your real name in the underlying Landlord and Tenant case if the landlord did not know...

Do I need to go back to the court to answer a dispossess that I settled with the Landlord the previous morning in court?

Dear Flushing Tenant: Check the mailing date from the post office. Since the paper just received in the mail is a copy of the case you just...

In NY State, after taking security payment and signing lease, 4 days before we are to move in, can a LL BreaK our lease?

Dear Rock Hill Tenant: You may need to see a local lawyer to develop more facts. Based on your question you may not have an "effective" lease....

Dear Astoria Tenant: Rent Control succession tenancy is too complex to answer in this forum. But based on your information alone your nephew as...