Can a landlord evict you for smoking weed?

Dear Bronx Tenant: Your lease is the protection you have against an arbitrary termination of tenancy. Your landlord is not able to end the lease...

Have any cases been dismissed based on CPLR 321 (a) for a corporation that is not represented by counsel?

Dear New York Litigant: Yes. Read the information at the Court website at: https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/6jd/forms/SRForms/resp_howtoans.pdf

How the retainer agreement works? Is attorney gets 30-33% of contingency, or there are different retainers? Thank you.

Dear New York Plaintiff: The retainer contingency fee agreement is controlled by a statute and is regulated. You need an attorney but you should...

Landlord says I owe March's rent because I did not give a 30 day notice on a term lease. Do I owe him the rent money?

Dear Camden Tenant: Your lease ended by its own terms. New York does not require an advance notice from either the landlord or tenant for a...

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Can I shoot a chicken on my property?

Dear West Monroe Property Owner: Someone in Pennsylvania made a similar inquiry and received an answer. See:...

I need legal advice on how to get my neighbor to leave. Please help before it's too late.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant:' I do not know if you meant to say the neighbor stole your mother's gun, but if that is so, and your mother is not...

Is this harrasment? What can I do to protect myself?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: New York rent regulated tenants (Rent Stabilized) have an administrative remedy to employ against landlord harassment....

Can I get the property owner to relocate me?

Dear East Far Rockaway Tenant: Current New York State law does not impose any obligation on the landlord to return rent money collected renting...

Month-to-month sublet termination

Dear New York Roommate: Unless your roommate agreement requires advance notice there is not form for a statutory notice to end by the tenant a...

Landlord liability

Dear New York Tenant: A "landlord" and a "building owner" are not always identical. An entire building be be subject to a net lease, and so, the...