Do I need a landlord tenant attorney?

Dear New York tenant: I am just "guessing" you found out about the long ago abandoned lawsuit when you were looking for another apartment and...

Bad housemate Statute of limitations might have passed Burden of proof

Dear Stony Brook tenant: New York State statutes of limitations are very short on intentional torts. Rather than wait longer if you believe you...

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Dear New York tenant: The Bank will only write a check out to the tenant named as the owner of the security deposit. If the account has both...

Dear Bronx Property Owner: Housing Court does not have power to decide the issue of entitlement to money damages. The lease may allow you to add...

Where do I go / How do I press crimininal charges against the new owner of my home?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: If you consider making a complaint about perceived criminal behavior you often start at your local police precinct. Making...

How can I get my deposit money back?

Dear Flushing Tenant: Was this rental for a weekend (four days)? If so, that is an unusually short period for a lease, and likely the tenancy is...

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Are process servers required to make court appearances if their service is contested claiming improper service.

Dear New York Litigant: In a traverse hearing the proponent of the challenged service produces the process server to testify and provide the...

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: In NYC a landlord ends a month to month tenancy as a prelude to starting a summary holdover proceedings. The...

I need to break and assign a lease in New York City. I have 50+ people are interested. My landlord is being slow. What can I do?

Dear New York Tenant: If you wish to assign the lease the statute (Real Property Law section 226-b) provides a tenant with the power to force an...

If landlord unreasonably refuses consent, tenant entitled to release from lease within 30 days from letter. Define unreasonable.

Dear New York Tenant: I gather you made a proposed assignment of the lease, and then a thirty day notice to cancel the lease. You will need...