Dear Brooklyn HDFC Board: Your proprietary lease likely is the same as others I have reviewed. The executor's only mission in relation to the...

Dear New York Tenant: You have reason for concern. If you are dealing with a large landlord/management and there are no issues about the...

I have evicted my tenant for unpaid rent, they will leave at end of month. Do I have to give them back the security deposit?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: What do you mean by you evicted my tenant for unpaid rent? Did you secure a judgment in a Housing Court case based...

Am I a holdover tenant? My landlord loves to sue me. She sued me once. How can I protect myself from other potential lawsuits?

Dear New York Tenant: If your landlord wants to make a case and if the rent is $5000 or less then the landlord would use Small Claims Court....

If a tenant in an unregulated apt in a 2 family brownstone defaults on terms of the lease can they get evicted , ? Or eviction

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Your landlord must succeed in a summary holdover proceeding based on termination of the lease due to a failure by you to...

I moved on 3/15 when my lease ended. I recently received a collection letter for $2900. I did not owe any rent when I moved.

Dear Bronx Tenant: Based on your statement if the landlord succeeded in holdover case #2 after you prevailed in holdover case #1, then your...

Dear New York Tenant: You must know whether the true landlord (the party named as Petitioner in the summary proceeding) is big enough to take...

I have a tenant living in rent stablized apartment , lease expired 8/31/2015, tenant didn't ask for renewal lease ,

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: A Rent Stabilized tenant is not obligated to ask for a renewal lease since the law compels the landlord to make an...

My lawyer missed hearing resulting in default judgment yet failed to tell me. I was then evicted as holdover and am homeless!

Dear New York Tenant: If your statement is accurate that your eviction is tied directly to the lawyer's calendar error, you may have a claim for...

I had to move becau we of a stalker ruinibg my kobs wnd syalkbg house

Dear New York Tenant: A New York landlord may have a liability to a tenant for past rent paid based on a claim of breach of the statutory...