CHECK KITING ???

Dear Garden City Friend: His best option is to hire a lawyer and avoid making detailed confession to a friend of the facts of the felony charges...

What do I do about the letter received ?

Dear Flushing Litigant: Did the stipulation to vacate the judgment and discontinue the lawsuit come to you by complete surprise or did you make...

Dear Queens Tenant: The basement apartment may be illegal or may not be illegal and so you have to check this out. It is unusual for the...

Eviction notice on rent stabilized apartment

Dear Jamaica Tenant: The point of a settlement as you made is to help you keep your home and escape the problem caused by the initial shortfall...

I live in the basement of a two family dwelling. The landlord dont live here. Who is responsible for garbage removal?

Dear Rosedale Tenant: If the lease does not make taking out the garbage the landlord's job, perhaps you should do so. You may have another...

What are my rights regarding this situation?

Dear Staten Island Tenant: Did a NYC agency post the notice? Does the notice require immediate evacuation? In an emergency a tenant may turn...

Can I finish a repair that landlord started at my bridal shop and take the cost of off the rent?

Dear Lynbrook Tenant: If that is your plan secure confirmed written permission from the landlord for the specific repair to the wood floor at...

Dear Buffalo Employee: You have the papers in hand so you have the advantage. The usual (if this is in Supreme Court) heading is Order to Show...

Dear Stony Brook Tenant: A tenant rights advocate would caution against bringing police into the home. In any case, your rude noisy roommate is...

I am being threatening by texts by the plumbing company

Dear New York Home Owner: Licensed plumbing contractors in NYC must meet certain professional standards. Damaging your home heat supply to...