I want to leave my apartment and my landlord wont come to the building and there is no one around to tell him what should i do?

Dear Mineola Tenant: If your lease is over you must move out. If your lease is not over, while you cannot be forced to stay, you do remain...

My 28 yr old son who is living in my home after a year on his own has become destructive to my home and verbally abusive to me.

Dear Lynbrook Parent: You hire a lawyer to serve either a ten day statutory notice to quit or a one month notice. You and your lawyer will...

What kind of options do I have as a sub-letter of an apartment in which my landlord is being threatened for eviction?

Dear New York Subtenant: If you and the tenant share the apartment you are a Roommate and not a Subtenant. If you are a subtenant you have a...

Do I just pay the money all over again.

Dear Bronx Tenant: What type of court papers? If you have no lease and you are not Rent Stabilized the landlord cannot claim more than one month...

Dear Bronx Resident: No. You described a crime.Read at:...

Holdover situation - how do I win here?

Dear Manhattan Property Owner: The Not-for-Profit tenant must have legal counsel. Your lawyer and the tenant lawyer should negotiate terms for a...

Landlord-Tenant legal advice (unregulated apartment in NYC): Harassment

Dear Manhattan Tenant: A ten unit building should be registered with the city and so there should be a managing agent you could inform about the...

What should I have done during this situation?

Dear Former Junior High School Student: "Back then" you should have had enough sense not to brag about your business advantage in selling...

Local tenants council had me sign 5 papers + 2 I filled out w/my info, didn't give copies of any to me, Is that legal?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: They are not being "secretive." They just want to be sure when they hand over copies of the papers you filled out that...

Dear Bronx Tenant: Make a copy of the certified mail receipt and a copy of the letter (do this two times) and address an envelope to your self...