Private garbage collection shakedown

Dear Wingdale Home Owner: The waste management company believes you negotiated an adjustment at your closing so you would be free and clear to...

Does a tenant have a right by statute to move a non-relative into the rental unit without allowing the landlord

Dear Elmira Property Owner: A New York tenant has a free and unrestricted by lease clause right to a roommate. A tenant does not need permission...

Landlord gave me 30 day notice then a 3 day notice to vacant property he gets $600+ from social service can he evict me

Dear Newburgh Tenant: You should show the two notices to a local lawyer. Usually, a thirty day notice (technically a One Month notice) is...

Can an apartment owner that caters to the elderly and disabled start charging us for maintenance and it is not in lease

Dear North Tonawanda Tenant: Generally, a landlord cannot create new charges to pay that are not already within the lease. Since this happened...

I am a judgment creditor in Suffolk county and the debtor refuses to pay. What are my options?

Dear Riverhead Judgment Creditor: You did not mention if your judgment is by default or by trial or by motion or whether you had legal counsel...

Dear Rochester Home Owner: I gather the vehicle is not blocking your driveway and the police informed you the vehicle is parked legally. If...

Dear Brooklyn Friend of a Tenant: No. New York State law requires an owner always maintain the building in good repair (MDL Section 78). New...

My husband & I were removed from the title of our home with my father without our knowledge he added my brother as an owner?

Dear Staten Island Home Owner: If you statement is accurate the deed removing you and your husband and in place adding your brother is a...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Your ex's legal status may be no more significant than that of a roommate. If so, the NYC Housing Court promotes a do it...

We had legal tenants with a lease and they quit paying. They then moved other families in to pay rent to them.

Dear Florida Home Owner: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York State. I do not practice law in North Carolina (where you may...