Noisy neighbor who called NYPD and use her pregnancy to get sympathy

Dear New York Tenant: There is no legal notion or law that creates one person owing an apology to another person. Your encounters with the...

When I am deposed, can I refer to computer files on my laptop to refresh my memory, as with paper documents?

Dear New York Litigant: I would caution against use of files on the laptop at a deposition. Likely the document demand covered stored material...

Dear Brooklyn Litigant: It is usual and ordinary for an attorney to notarize a client's affidavit in a litigated event.

Can you modify an order to show cause (NYS)?

Dear New York Litigant: An Order to Show Cause ceases it's existence as your document once issued by the judge. The common built-in boilerplate...

What are the other options for delivery a subpoena of information if the receiver reject/do not claim the certified mail?

Dear New York Judgment Creditor: If you have no information about employment or bank account (you should serve information subpoena on employer...

Dear Albany Tenant: The problem is not the complaint right now the problem is that CPS will follow up. As soon as you begin to talk without an...

Roommate dispute over payment of utilities

Dear Hopewell Junction NY former tenant: A person may attempt to prove a verbal agreement. Unlike a written agreement where the plain words of...

Parking from the street up the drive onto the sidewalk

Dear Brooklyn Home Owner: The NYPD should ticket the vehicle when parked on the sidewalk. Since you have a court order preventing this person...

Person refuses to sign lease or pay rent and has moved in already. Are they considered a tenant? (NY state - outside of NYC).

Dear Harpursville Property Owner: If you turned over the keys to the house, without a rent agreement (a written or verbal agreement) and the...

Does a landlord have the right to shut the water off for a couple hours a day for the rest of march to save money.

Dear Horseheads NY Brother: No. The landlord must always provide potable (drinking) water and hot and cold water on demand. Turning off water is...