How do I get them out !!

Dear Yaphank Home Owner: I suggest you hire a lawyer to keep yourself out of the thick of the fight considering you will still live with your ex...

What do I need to do to prove my noise problem in housing court?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: An HP Proceeding is not ordinarily considered the proper lawsuit to compel an owner to abate the noise nuisance caused by...

What kind of legal rights does my son have in this situation and can he have the landlord arrested?

Dear Olean Parent: An illegal eviction is a wrongful act and a tenant forced out from a home without court process may claim entitlement to...

An abatement due to violations of the warranty of habitability in a holdover?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: Housing Court does not deal with a rent abatement in holdover proceedings. A counterclaim for breach of lease, breach of...

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Dear New York Tenant: Housing Court will sever a counterclaim for breach of the statutory Warranty of Habitability when raised as part of an...

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Dear New York Tenant: An analysis of the official rent history is the first step in making a claim for fraud in the calculation of legal...

Queens, NY. Building sold. New owner wants us out within a month. What are my rights?

Dear Flushing Tenant: If your new landlord has a lawyer he knows verbal notice is not proper legal notice. In NYC a landlord ends a month to...

No official smoking age in NYC???

Dear New York City Cigarette Seller: In NYC the local law bars you from selling tobacco products including cigarettes to anyone under age 21. It...

Dear Albany Landlord: New York State law requires a landlord or a tenant provide the other with at least a one month notice of termination of a...

Is this legal or illegal, considering that 1, but not both, of the lessees have moved out and 1 new roommate has been added.

Dear New York Tenant: When two tenants sign one lease, when one tenant leaves while the lease remains alive or in a subsequent monthly tenancy,...