Tenant asks to be reimbursed for one year lease

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: If you are the landlord why would you not refund the rent paid to you by the tenant for a year long lease when the...

Do I need to hire an attorney? Mold and fungus in an apartment issue

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: When a landlord does not repair a condition in an apartment that impacts upon habitability and safety, a NYC tenant has a...

Do I need to hire an attorney? Mold and fungus in an apartment issue

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: When a landlord does not repair a condition in an apartment that impacts upon habitability and safety, a NYC tenant has a...

Can I sue someone for not paying rent on an apartment that was in my name that I abandoned when I moved to North Carolina?

Dear Former New York Tenant: You should allow an attorney to look at the contract with the family member, your old lease for the apartment and...

Landlord Tenant Issue.

Dear Flushing Home Owner: You must consider a face to face consultation with a tenant attorney. There are a number of problems with your...

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What are the steps to evict a tenant?

Dear Bronx Property Owner: If the tenant's lease expired at the end of October, you were set up right then to start a summary holdover...

Is it legal for my empolyer to require me to pay gas drive offs in order to save my job

Dear Oneonta Employee: Your employer must control the pump from within the convenience store for cash customers, set the fuel dispensing to stop...

Can I put Rent, Utilities/Expenses in as one lump sum in a roommate agreement - for NYC Rent-Stabilized Apt. ?

Dear New York Tenant: If you lump expenses and other charges in with rent and the total is 50% or more of your rent, you risk an overcharge...

Can I get my money back?

Dear Staten Island Tenant: How much money is at stake? Did you also pay rent and a security deposit? Did you sign a lease? Did the landlord sign...

I have a thirty day notice to move from my landlord. He still needs to go through a court, right?

Dear North Tonawanda Tenant: Yes your police officer landlord cannot use the PD to evict you without court process after the expiration of the...