Dear Brooklyn Tenant: What is the context of the need to know about owner occupied premises? Housing Court determines in the context of rent...

What recourse do I have against the a landlord, building management company, or owner who will not deal with a hoarder?

Dear LIC Tenant: How many apartments in the building? Is your tenancy rent regulated? Has the City issued violations? You and the other tenants...

How do I find out if someone was qualified to serve me legal papers?

Dear New York Tenant: There is no registry for unlicensed process servers. A person who should have a license and does not have license may be...

Dear Bronx Tenant: The NYC Housing Maintenance Code applies to legal dwellings. Most apartments created in basements in NYC are not legal for...

Is a 39 day gap in treatment deadly to a personal injury MVA case?

Dear Levittown Driver: You did not describe the event of the car accident, if you were a driver or a passenger, and if another vehicle is...

Is is possible to prosecute both a residential nonpayment action and a holdover petition at the same time against a tenant?

Dear Huntington Station Property Owner: If you were prevented from executing the warrant of eviction during the appeal the tenant has a stay...

Is it legal to require that a tenant give a 60 day notice to leave at the end of a lease term?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A tenant and landlord may agree to the lease term you described for a lease in a privately owned home. The point is that...

If I am evicted from an apt in NYC how do I go about retrieving my possessions? Can they throw them into the street?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If the city marshal conducts a full eviction every thing in the apartment will be taken away. Since you are not the named...

If my landlord is late with payments can the management company evict me, the tenant?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You likely will be evicted. The time for you to spring into action was during the nonpayment case. At the latest when the...

I live in a apartment in a commercial building without residential cof, i am the wife of the net lessee of this building, do i

Dear New York Loft Tenant: I gather you already filed the application for coverage. If so, please plan to see an attorney. Your described facts...