What are the steps to breaking a one year lease due to safety/domestic reasons? Do I have legitimate grounds to do so?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I caution you about seeking an order of protection in the circumstances you described without first securing your own...

If my land lord take me to Court and I have a month to move should I pay him for that month

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: What do you mean by "have a month to move"? If you make a deal to move out quickly (I gather you have a holdover case) you...

Fair Housing Law, possible discrimination

Dear White Plains Tenant: You may have applied to a form of housing with a public benefits component, but likely that was not "rent control"...

Dear New York Tenant: No you cannot be evicted without a court order. No tenant could be legally evicted without a court order. Read about the...

How do you sue your management office? I have the paper work for it. I just need a lawyer to present it to a judge.

Dear New York Tenant: You likely have a claim against the landlord and not the rent office.

My landlord refuse to fix anything in the house but he won't rent money

Dear Cristina: Try to remove this question and post again without any of your personal information. You should never post you name phone and...

I'm renting my 1br coop for $1400. Con Edison shut off gas use for the stove. The tenant has asked for a 20%-$600 rent reduction

Dear New York Coop Owner: If you make any deal at all with the tenant abating rent due to the loss of the kitchen stove make sure you have your...

What do I do after serving a 10 day notice to quit on Long Island NY?

Dear Patchogue Home Owner: You will need to prosecute a summary holdover proceeding if the person does not move out. Read more at:...

Is This A Criminal Case If I Find Evidences That My Neighbor Uses Poison Chemical Gases Making Me Slowly To Dead Intentionally?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If your neighbor is making noxious chemicals the police would be interested.

What protections exist vs. an aggressive plaintiff using bad-faith "service by mail" process to repeatedly obtain defaults?

Dear New York Defendant: The posed question is vague about the court at the center of this problem and employed terms (civil code) not commonly...