Coop Apt

Dear Brooklyn Proprietary Lessee: OK. If you went through a full blown closing and the cooperative consented to the transfer of the lease from...

Coop Apt

Dear New York Tenant: If the cooperative issued a new lease and new share certificate in your name the transfer of ownership from your parents...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The basement dwelling counts to calculating that the two family building is an illegal unregistered multiple dwelling. The...

Dear Maryland Property Owner: I cannot imagine the building is not fitted with storm windows. If not, that is a bigger problem likely for you...

I live in NYC in a had apartment and I get government assistance and my landlord won't give me my lease what should I do?

Dear Bronx Tenant: If your tenancy is protected by Rent Stabilization the "law" requires the landlord offer a renewal lease on a form prescribed...

My lease expires end of this month. What are my obligations to the landlord?

Dear New York Tenant: Take a look at your lease. Check the section dealing with end of term. Your likely tenant obligations include moving out,...

My bldg has floor B,L,2-12,PH (13). 237 Apts. 1 condemed. They report 11 stories,210 apt to the DOB. Well known mng. Built 1960

Dear Forest Hills Tenant: New York Courts have held (generally; each case does turn on its own facts) that unless the Certificate of Occupancy...

My father and his wife had a third party to serve me with a 30 day notice to terminate. Can they evict me without going to court

Dear Ulster Park Tenant: Your father may have had an attorney prepare the tenancy termination notice. Your father will need to follow up with a...

Dear Brooklyn Home Owner: The tenant has a better chance to vacate the default judgment when promptly seeking an order to show cause. The judge...

Can you sue an evictee for damaged property within an illegal dwelling?

Dear Valley Stream: The home owner may make a claim for damage to personal property. Check with the Small Claims Court for required proof as...