Can I evict someone who has moved in with my tenant who is not on the lease?

Dear Babylon Property Owner: New York State law (Real Property Law Second. 235-f) allows a tenant the right to a roommate without any need for...

What is the best way to "evict" someone from my apartment who is not on my lease?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Believe your landlord. She is correct since you not she has the legal relationship with your roommate. If in fact your...

Renting space in a illegally converted building.

Dear Bronx Tenant: This is your business. You cannot afford not to have an attorney. You need to prepare and to serve a written verified answer...

Dear Bronx Tenant: There is no arena or government agency to deal with rents in private unregulated rental buildings. New York State lets the...

Eviction for non renewal of lease

Dear Bronx Property Owner: Unless the tenant and apartment are subject to Rent Stabilization, you had no need to offer a reason to the tenant to...

Dear Staten Island Tenant: A NYC tenant without a lease and occupying a home as a month to month tenant, lives every month with their lives on a...

Do I have to fix the Repair from a tenant who lease has not been renewed since November 2014

Dear Bronx Property Owner: NYC tenants without current leases (lease expired) are considered as month to month tenants. The tenancy continues by...

The landlord took about 3200 from my deposit. could I fight for it and get it back? it happened in CA but now I'm in NY

Dear California Tenant: OK. If you sue you will do so in California. Likely, you will need a local lawyer. You need to check with a California...

Judge ruled and changed original lease date from 3/1 to 8/1 because the tenant signed it late. Is this legal?

Dear Brooklyn Owner: You must have had an attorney in an owner's use case. So any response I make is likely way short of the mark since I do not...

If a co tenant vacates and the remaining tenant moves in a roommate, is it a new tenancy or operating on the old one still?

Dear Garrison Tenant: You have the advantage since you know the actual written terms of the lease and release. Generally, when one tenant of...