Can I kick out a month-to-month subletter with no contract if I am on a lease that expired?

Dear New York Tenant: If you live with your "renter" that person is a "Roommate" and not a subtenant. Review the NYC Housing Court online...

Can a lawyer evict a tenant without landlord going to court?

Dear Bronx Property Owner: If your tenant "knows" you will not come to NYC for a trial, your tenant may easily beat you by answering the...

Is it legal to require that a tenant give a 60 day notice to leave at the end of a lease term? Please provide a Yes or No.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: New York law creates a very high bar to invalidate a provision in a lease as unconscionable. A landlord and a tenant are...

Where is a stipulation of settlement kept immediately after being signed?

Dear New York Litigant: In the NYC Housing Court a signed stipulation of settlement is handed over to the Part Clerk who places the stipulation...

I was 1 month and 90$ behind in rent. I am all caught up now I have no lease. Can my landlord still evict me?

Dear Schenectady Tenant: Paying rent provides the piece of mind that your tenancy is good for the month. A tenant without a written lease lives...

In NYC, after the 30 day notice to quit in a hold over case is served, how long does a landlord have to serve/file the petition?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: After service of a written thirty day notice terminating tenancy file as soon as possible in order to be in a...

What is the section of NYS code that provides the rights to tenants of 2 family homesin NYC

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: All tenants every where in New York State are guaranteed a habitable dwelling. Tenants in NYC in two family houses have...

Harrassment by landlord

Dear Floral Park Tenant: If you have a weekly (week to week) tenancy, your landlord is allowed to request rent on the rent due date each and...

Dear Jamaica Tenant: First determine the basement apartment is legal to use as a dwelling. If not, you cannot expect that New York State laws...

I have a Single family home with an in-law set up..I would like to rent the legal apt., and stay in the up stairs (illegal) apt.

Dear White Plains Home Owner: How do you know that your "in-law set up" is illegal to reside in or occupy as a dwelling? You may have only one...

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