Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I am not sure what arrangement you made, but a sublease is not oral or week to week. A New York sublease is written always...

Dear New York Tenant: No. Even with a proper notice, a tenant may not remove a subtenant who is in default of paying rent without a proper court...

Is it illegal for a landlord to withhold lease information to someone who may have been added to the lease without acknowlegemen

Dear Fulton Tenant: A person who signs a contract with another person is liable. To be held to the obligations as a tenant to a written lease...

NYS Tenant wishes to end tenancy . Became month to month. Writes a email Aug 2nd 11:02 PM

Dear Port Jefferson Property Owner: Did the tenant depart after a written rent demand? If so, the tenant followed one of the alternate methods...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: It would help if a lawyer could look at the "letter" revoking your occupancy right. Usually, the cooperative is not the...

Are any type of monetary judgments awarded in housing court other than rent arrears?

Dear Bronx Property Owner: No. Housing Court generally does not have jurisdiction to award money judgments for injury to a person, an injury or...

My landlord mistakenly gave me my housemates sublet, the contract is already signed, can he terminate it or am i protected?

Dear Cortland Tenant: If you and your housemate are tenants named on the lease, then both tenants are required to sublet the entire leased...

Can landlord ask me to sign parking rider after original lease has been already signed?

Dear Long Island City Tenant: Your lease alone controls your tenancy rights as apparently your tenancy is not protected by Rent Stabilization....

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Dear Lake Grove Home Owner: This is a big problem. Your now unwanted former nanny has a legal right by New York law to stay in your house,...

I have been after my landlord to make repairs to my rental unit.

Dear Morris Tenant: When your landlord chose to continue to let you pay rent and not repair the bath and shower in the master bedroom, he broke...