Are we as remnants entitled to anything if gas is turned off for prolonged period of time for repairs?

Dear New York City Tenant: Although your experience and your neighbors have become very common since the gas explosion on Second Avenue, NYC has...

HDFC Co-Op with Board Members who live elsewhere

Dear NYC HDFC Shareholder: I cannot explain how the primary residence requirement escaped from your HDFC. Primary residence is a feature...

Is it possible to kick out my adult brother from my parents' basement?

Dear Flushing Sibling: You want an assurance that your brother will not take this out (revenge) on your parents? There is no true way to predict...

Dear New York Subtenant: In a Rent Stabilized apartment, a tenant may lawfully charge a subtenant the full legal rent along with a 10% surcharge...

Can a Housing Court judge and his staff legally prohibit a tenant from recording an inspection in that tenant's apartment?

Dear New York Tenant: When a Housing Court Judge accompanied by Court security and staff extend themselves to an inspection in an active HP...

We live in a apartment complex that has been sold to a religious group they said there not renewing leasesto our lease was

Dear Wappingers Falls Tenant: It likely makes no significant legal difference that your husband was employed by the owner and was laid off or...

What do I have to prove at the initial hearing on a holdover to have the case dismissed and get a trial on counterclaim?

Dear Staten Island Tenant: If by "initial hearing" you mean the first court date for the Holdover Proceeding, then neither you nor the landlord...

Am the mother of an international student in Windsor Canada stabbed by his Canadian girlfriend, who do we seek redress

Dear Parent: You may need a local Canadian attorney and an official police report of the assault.

Can I deny my landlords request to show my apartment when they give me no notice?

Dear Albany Tenant: Unless Albany has a local law regarding access and notice as in NYC in the NEW YORK CITY HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE then only...

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How long does a judge take to make a decision at the resolution part of housing court in Richmond County?

Dear Staten Island Home Owner: What do you mean waiting for a judge to decide if the case will go to trial? Did the tenant make a motion to...