Can I get a portion of paid rent back from landlord who resorts to retaliatory eviction after we complained about his smoking?

Dear Flushing Tenant: As long as you remain in possession as a tenant, even when the landlord resorted to use of a tenancy termination notice (...

Dear New York Property Owner: Usually, the transfer of ownership provides a right to immediate possession of the property by the purchaser. So...

Does a non tenant on a lease have to pay utilities

Dear Centereach Tenant: You may wish to explain your question about a "non tenant on a lease." A tenant is a person with a rental agreement...

Apartment

Dear New York: Did someone suggest you were trespassing because you had not entered the building but were on the "steps"? Steps, staircases,...

Can my landlord evict me for owing 1200 dollars when I'm not on the lease

Dear Jamestown Tenant: A New York State landlord must plead and must prove the existence of a relation of landlord and tenant to succeed in a...

I would like to hire a NYC landlord tenant attorney (I am a tenant)

Dear New York Tenant` You will need to initiate the contact with an attorney. A responding attorney may not initiate contact with you.

I have been living in a 2 family house top floor for 17 years and now landlord is selling it no notice and

Dear Jamaica Tenant: If you do not have a lease your month to month tenancy is "safe" until your landlord takes a "legal" step to end the...

Am I required to supply my tenants with a refrigerator in NYC?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: Stove and refrigerator for a kitchen. Dishwasher is an amenity.

Do i need to pay rent if i am being evicted?

Dear New York Tenant: You and all the other lodgers in the apartment should band together and prevent the tenant claiming the apartment. The...

Hello, I need help and advice on starting the process to evict tenant

Dear New York Property Owner: Personal friends or not, you are bound to the procedure for a nonpayment summary proceeding. Your choice: Do you...