Rental lease

Dear Rochester Tenant: A Guarantor is not usually a co-signer on the lease as co-signers are tenants. If the landlord accepted the lease...

Dear Mineola Resident: At the argument of your order to show cause the burden rests on you to convince the court that the judgment already...

Looking for a sub lease form template

Dear New York Parent: You are looking for a Roommate Agreement and not a sublease agreement. Lawyers carefully craft unique documents for...

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My attorney wrote my housing stipulation and it's missing my the file number on it. Is this a valid stip?

Dear New York Tenant: You may be correct that no one caught the omission of the index number from the signed stipulation. Go back to Housing...

Dear New York Friend of a Tenant: Ordinarily, when a tenant does not appear on the initial court date for a Holdover proceeding, the Court will...

If a tenant is removed by eviction for an issue unrelated to rental payments, what happens to the security deposit?

Dear New York Property Owner: You should have this discussion with your attorney, since your attorney must "prove" the lease at a trial of the...

Is it possible to rent out different rooms in a condo to different individuals?

Dear New York Condo Owner: NYC local law prohibits renting out individual rooms to different tenants contained within one apartment.

What is the policy of putting individual locks on rooms in a NYC condo?

Dear Flushing Condo Owner: Generally no locks are legal at all on doors of interior rooms in an apartment. The tenant cannot use a space not...

Dear New York Tenant: The general rule is no locks on interior rooms in an apartment for any reason. Note: a rented dwelling cannot rent...

How long does it take to modify a certificate of occupancy for a condo before it becomes effective?

Dear Elmhurst Condo Owner: Contact an architect.