Paid downpayment, seller wasn't able to close. What now?

Dear New York Coop Purchaser: You are surprised to face a delay on the closing date because the sellers attorney did not know that one...

Someone keeps calling me and harassing me because i changed my mind about renting a room from them

Dear Babylon Resident: Is the "someone" calling you the landlord, home owner or a complete stranger? The simplest way to deal with an annoying...

We hired a contractor to do work in our home on our foundation and he took 6000.00 and has not done the work. What do we do next

Dear Jamestown Homeowner: You likely will not see your money soon. You may very well be behind other swindled home owners in your area as it...

About borrowing money.

Dear Rochester Resident: Your friend "gets away" with it if she does not repay the loan and you do not pursue her in Wisconsin for a judgment in...

Legal help for my grand mother. how or what can we do about it?

Dear New York Resident: You described a situation of Elder Abuse. Complaints are investigated and taken seriously. If you do not want to go...

Being harassed by phone and texts name calling wont leave me alone live close to me

Dear Holbrook Tenant: If this annoying home owner really expected you to move into the house you would have a lease and so be stuck owing rent...

Can a tenant fight for $$ spent to live elsewhere if they weren't legally evicted, they left to avoid further harassment.

Dear Uniondale Tenant: The problem is not clear. If a judge issued a warrant of eviction and the scheduled date for execution of the warrant of...

Does probable exist when stopped at a police checkpoint while they are looking for an inmate.

Dear Plattsburgh Driver: The police are searching for two escaped murderers from Dannemora. The biggest news story of the day in the North...

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What if anything can happen to a landlord that does not put any of his tenants security deposits in interest bearing accounts?

Dear Hyde Park Tenant: The commingling alone by the landlord is a theft of the tenants' security deposits. That is the same as stealing tenant...

Dear New York Tenant: Unless the lease you negotiated gave your landlord the unusual right to oust you temporarily from the rented premises or...