If you are being bombarded with loud music and it is know by the person playing the music / Employer knows Is this harassment

Dear Baldwinsville Resident: How is this issue related to Residential Real Estate? If you work at this location and the noise in the work place...

Relocated - Now LL trying to charge - Do I pay or fight it?

Dear Syracuse Tenant: Syracuse tenants enjoy superior rights to most New York State tenants as a result of a local law the Property Conservation...

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Was my rent demand legitimately served? No signatures. Under my door. No copies received in the mail.

Dear Bronx Tenant: Unfortunately, there is no way to know now that a challenge to the rent demand would succeed. You would not know until you...

Dear Bronx Tenant: An attempt at a partial payment after a rent demand presents choices for the landlord as well as the tenant. An option a...

What do I do to stay an eviction?

Dear New York Tenant: An application generally is an oral motion. Your request for a stay should be by a written notice of motion with a...

I got a bag of Indian bread from a store.It is suppose to have 12 breads,but it had only 8.Can I sue them?Mfg comp is in India

Dear New York Resident: Make a complaint to the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs for deceptively selling a package of 8 for a package of 12....

Dear Newburgh Tenant: Not likely. Check the court order carefully for a "stay" provision. When the judge orders a "stay" that order halts all...

Dear New York Tenant: You will not find anything more in your online research than the fact the general rule allows a M-L tenant to have a...

Can a commercial landlord stipulate payment by 12 checks at lease signing or epayment through a third party vendor?

Dear New York Tenant: If you agree to those terms the State takes no position. If you don't make another arrangement or walk away from this one.

I need a tenant landlord attorney. The president of the board is not a landlord. He has taken me to court to evict me.

Dear HDFC Shareholder/Tenant: If the City supervises your HDFC bring the president's malfeasance to the attention of HPD. The HDFC has the...