Do I need a lawyer?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: So far time is on your side since your landlord seems ignorant about the proper method to make a "Rent Demand." A Rent...

Can a landlord raise your rent verbally if they have served you an eviction notice and can they leave the notice on your door?

Dear Newark Tenant: If there is no written lease the landlord may do almost anything, including changing the rent in advance of the next rent...

My landlord has prohibited me from putting anything in my bathroom. Is this illegal?

Dear New York Tenant: How could your landlord know you have put anything in your bathroom? I gather you do not mean replacing tiles or a new...

Can a senior citizen break his rent controlled lease in New York City?

Dear New York City Friend of a Tenant: Rent Controlled tenancies are "Statutory Tenancies" and the last lease likely ended before 1971. No Rent...

Receipt of rent

Dear Valley Stream Tenant: If you have a lease write a check for the next month rent. If you do not have a lease your landlord does not want any...

If a landlord wants me to vacate my apartment with a year left on my lease can I ask for some sort of compensation?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Unless the lease contains a term allowing the landlord to cancel the lease early, you have a year to live in your current...

Dear New York Prospective Tenant: New York State does not recognize the right to enforce an agreement to agree. You may want a lawyer to look...

Can I sue in small claims?

Dear New York Landlord: You could sue since no one stands in the Small Claims Clerk's Office and vets your complaint, but you do not have a...

Was renting a house with mold in it. Wife had medical emergency because of it. Has to move. Do I have any legal recourse

Dear Rochester Tenant: If you have a lease the landlord could claim damages later in a lawsuit for rent (until re-rented). Hopefully, you...

Landlord not cashing payments for rent

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A tenant may plead as a defense in a verified answer to a landlord's nonpayment petition the affirmative defense that the...

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