Looking for elder care lawyer in Long Island NY, no one here has returned my call from their website.

Dear Stony Brook Family Member: While you wait for an attorney return call perhaps you may see whether resources at this page help bridge the...

No heat in apartment. What are my rights?

Dear New York tenant: You need to use the 311 complaint number to gain a city inspection for a heat violation and then go to NYC Housing Court...

Purchased a 2012 grand Cherokee with 28k miles on 2/08/15. On 2/17/15 the brakes had failed on the vehicle. No accident occured.

Dear Bronx Cherokee Owner: Just before you bought your used vehicle the NY Times published this article highlighting the national failure to...

When was ARTICLE 36-A HOME IMPROVEMENT enacted?

Dear New York Home Owner: At least before 1989 when the legislature amended the statute to include a "custom built home" as a defined protected...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you and your roommate are each a tenant named on the lease, neither one of you is so-called head of household if one of...

Landlord trying to throw me out but do I have a valid lease?

Dear New York Roommate: If you rent a room from the tenant the landlord is barred by state law from objecting. In fact, any interference by the...

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Dear New York Tenant: Overnight mail the lease back and forth. The guarantor must sign in the presence of a local notary public. If you cannot...

Can a landlord keep a security deposit even if they don't approve application?

Dear New York Tenant: You likely will lose your money with a "hold deposit". In any case, the explanation of the no refund for a hold deposit...

Two questions. In NJ DO YOU NEED permit to have a dumpster on your driveway? And if all your doing in home is cleaning out last

Dear Staten Island Tenant: Please post the question in New Jersey in the town where you live.

Can a debt collector call my "hangout" location, a bar?

Dear New York Resident: Some other person may be trying to track you down and is impersonating a "debt collector." That is more likely than a...