Dear Rochester Dental Patient: Your dentist probably found out that there is no debt to collect through "collections" without first securing a...

What are my rights to my apartment after the building was sold to someone who wants to demolish it?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A landlord seeking to end a twenty year rent controlled or rent stabilized tenancy based upon an intent to demolish the...

After 3 years of paying rent landlord serves our family with non-renewal do lease. This after reporting that fire alarm was down

Dear Fishkill Tenant: Allow a lawyer to look at your lease. Usually, a lease expires by its own terms and a landlord is not ordinarily required...

What should I have done?

Dear New York abused guest: The time to complain was on the spot on the "heels" of this abusive encounter directly to the hotel manager. Likely...

Does my landlord cashing our first month and last month rent checks in NYC, mean we are approved?

Dear New York Tenant: You may have been swindled. Any tenant residing any where in New York State is entitled to a roommate and the landlord has...

Is a landlord allowed to install dropped ceilings if the tenant doesn't want them during their tenancy?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: NYC seasonal heating laws are clear and unambiguous about the landlord's duty to provide adequate heat. Your building may...

I signed my lease after realizing that it's for a month to month. What can I do? I don't agree and asked landlord to make change

Dear New York Tenant: You are entitled to a full refund from the broker of any money paid. No broker earns a full fee for a one month and done...

What are my recourses?

Dear Staten Island Tenant: If your tenancy is protected by a lease and rent regulation, you did not need to suffer seven years of worry about...

Peanl law,sec,400 / will I need a lawer 2 keep my GUNS

Dear Rochester Owner: If the report was not made within 24 hours (">>>shall within twenty-four hours of the discovery of the loss or theft...

Dear Albany Tenant: If you smell the wet ceiling likely the cause of the smell is mildew. The only "fix" is to remove the wet portions of the...