Dear Patchogue Tenant: No. That is wrong. If you followed up on that advice you could risk arrest for an unlawful eviction. Aside from the fact...

Dear Coxsakie Resident: You are confusing NY General Business Law Section 13 (http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/nycode/GBS/2/13) with a notion that...

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Can landlord terminate my lease because I didn't pay legal fees? *Rent Stabilized Apartment, NYC

Dear New York Tenant: You bite the bullet and hire a lawyer to respond to the threat from the landlord's attorney. The threat to terminate your...

Answered Notice To Cure for subletting and now being told my landlord might terminate my tenancy. *rent stabilized apt

Dear New York Tenant: You bite the bullet and hire a lawyer to respond to the threat from the landlord's attorney. This is a fact of life....

Dear Mount Kisco Property Owner: You likely should allow a lawyer to look at the termination notice sent to you by the tenant. A tenant who...

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What is the best way to handle a dispute between a tenant and a landlord?

Dear Brooklyn Friend of a Landlord: If the tenant is receiving public assistance and the city pays a shelter allowance directly to the landlord,...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you are the person identified as "the" tenant on the lease with your landlord, you (if there are no co-tenants) alone...

Why no one mentions that e-mails can be used to deliver a legal “notice to quit”?

Dear New York Landlord: If the lease provides for that method of service as proper, try to do so and hope a Housing Judge agrees. An affidavit...

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How can I stop eviction?

Dear Southampton Tenant: You may not realize this since you are still living in this unfit for human habitation house, but your landlord already...

NonPayment case into Holdover due to lease expires

Dear Flushing Property Owner: The Court Clerk sets the initial hearing date usually seven to eight days after the tenant files a written answer...