Can you prevent a person who consigned your lease from entering your apartment?

Dear Syracuse Tenant: if the "co-signer" is the guarantor on the lease, then there is no right to come and go and intrude into the apartment. If...

What legal avenues could I take to protect myself and my family? I am unsure if i am being stalked, harass or just plain annoyed

Dear Flushing Resident: You described two chance encounters with someone you once knew separated by months. Your observations tend to suggest...

Could I be evicted?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Not likely. If your landlord improperly consumed the security deposit, that is a breach of lease by the landlord. You did...

Is it legal for owners to take my whole deposit over a paint job that is a third of my deposit?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Based only upon your statement, the landlord breached the lease and improperly confiscated the security deposit. The...

What can I do?

Dear Jamaica: Now that your mother knows the location of the thief who stole her bottles she may make a follow up police report and sue the...

I have two subtenants that I would like to kick out asap. What is the appropriate way go about this?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Your "subtenants" are Roommates. The NYC Housing Court provides a do it yourself guide as well as forms. Once you...

Illegal/legal attic being rented.

Dear Flushing Tenant: The attic tenant would take the "legal" two family dwelling out from legal status since the building is now occupied as a...

How can i take this to court or what legal action can i take

Dear Jamaica Tenant: After the illegal eviction a court can no longer prevent the weeks of landlord harassment leading to the April 15 move out...

Tenant in Nassau occupying more portion of the property than granted under the residential lease agreement. action for trespass.

Dear Nassau Property Owner: Your question seems similar to a question last week about a residential tenant taking over a portion of a barn on...

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What are my legal options against a landlord who has not allowed me to move into an apartment but not returning my deposit?

Dear New York tenant: I gather you verified the identity of the person who signed the lease and confirmed that person owns the buildings. You...