QUESTION, IS IT LEGAL FOR A AMERICAN COPORATION. TO EMPLOYEES TO WORK 40 BUT NEVER GET PAID FOR 40 HRS. THEY LITERALLY CHEAT

Dear Manhattan Resident; Cheating employees of legally pay is not "legal." You may inform the New York State Attorney General. You may inform...

QUESTION, IS IT LEGAL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO HOLD A C.E.O. POSITION OF A CORPORATION { VICE PRESIDENT } & BE A CONVICTED FELON

Dear Manhattan Resident: Are you referring to the Minutemen Project, or the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps or to "York Staters"? In any case,...

I own a home in Alaska . I have a rented on am month to month agreement. I now want to sell the home . What are the prper steps?

Dear Alaska Home Owner: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York State. I do not practice law in Texas or Alaska. You will need an...

I'm on a month to month lease my landed texted me I can stay until July without a lease. now he wants to evict me.

Dear Tonawanda Tenant: Your landlord decided you were the bigger problem than the weed smoking neighbor. New York State law allows tenants and...

What is my next step if a landlord (not landlord's attorney) sends a letter demanding fees?

Dear New York Tenant: Yes. This sounds absurd. Nothing is really surprising in Landlord and Tenant practice. You have documents. An attorney...

Do I need a landlord tenant lawyer

Dear Newburgh Tenant: With a possibility of ten thousand dollars (or more) for some reason offered to induce you to move (quietly) versus...

Can tenants sue for a security deposit they them selves never paid (another party paid it)?

Dear Norwich Property Owner: Based on your information the tenant owes for the last month rent and the landlord owes the security deposit, New...

My question is on real property law, specifically landlord/tenancy. Tenants unilaterally changed the due date. See details.

Dear Norwich Property Owner: The lease controls the rent due date. The few late checks accepted do not modify the lease. A landlord may choose...

Dear Norwich Property Owner: Please try to be a bit more precise. If a tenant gave a landlord two checks on April 1 one dated April 1 for April...

In NYS, can a tenant be evicted by text message?

Dear Norwich Property Owner: A text message is not an eviction notice. If your tenant has a lease the lease controls any right you have to early...