What are the chances of a prose to win an appeal?

Dear Mayfield Restaurant Tenant: Congratulations on your successful appeal....

Are we required to pay a balance on a lease we never renewed?

Dear New York Tenant: If you are not a Rent Stabilized tenant, you caused a month to month tenancy to come about when you stayed in the...

Land lord is harassing me.

Dear Washingtonville Tenant: New York State law does not offer many legal protections for tenants living in a one or two family house where the...

Attorney did no discovery, granted motion to withdraw w/ 7 days left to trial / despite my protest what are my options

Dear New York Tenant: You should consider seeking a stay of the trial and hiring a new attorney.

My landlord is harassing me in a frivolous landlord/ tenet dispute , just found out the landlord employee has forged evidence.

Dear New York Tenant: You may seek an order from the court allowing for disclosure of facts material and necessary for the defense of your...

Dear New York Tenant: Disabled or not, senior citizen or youthful, all New York State tenants at all times are entitled to a habitable home...

Can a Maryland landlord keep any of my security deposit if he didn't put it in an escrow account?

Dear New York Tenant: Every State has its own law relating to tenant security deposit. You should post this question again using your former...

How can a tenant legally stay in an apartment and not pay the rent? No lease - just a rental agreement.

Dear Binghamton Home Owner: I am sorry for your loss and your last few hard years. New York State law requires affirmative action by the...

Can I privately sue my landlord for harassment or does it need to solely be the management company ?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: NYC Housing Court has a special proceeding for initiating a harassment claim against a landlord.

Do i need a real estate attorney

Dear Far Rockaway Tenant: You never needed your landlord's permission to have a roommate. Any New York State tenant living anywhere in New York,...