How can I check if there is a pending divorce case? what happens when six months has pass and our lawyer has done anything?

Dear Brooklyn Mother-in-law: Your daughter-in-law's legal strategy is designed to force her husband into initiating the divorce action. She...

Is constant marijuana and cigarette smoke in shared spaces and apartment reason to break lease under constructive eviction?

Dear Bronx Tenant: New York State courts have not created a new right for a tenant break a lease due to cigarette and marijuana smoke. New...

What is proper procedure for breaking lease under constructive eviction?

Dear Bronx Tenant: There is no special law in New York entitling a tenant to declare a constructive eviction and so cancel a current lease...

Can you break lease without any penalties because of purchasing a home?

Dear Bronx Tenant: You already contracted to pay the entire rent when you accepted the lease. Practice and tradition allows for the payoff in...

Can a consumer press criminal charges against or civil sue a large auto service center dealer for attempted fraud or misconduct

Dear Buffalo Ram Truck Owner: You should check out your vehicle owner manual as well as tire rotation contract with the dealer. Alignment of...

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CAN I PRESS CHARGES A 65 YEARS OLD MAN AFTER HE HIT ME ?

Dear Elmsford Resident: Your lawyer will be happy to learn you admitted the active actor facts to support the assault charge. Maybe you should...

Do I have to move? New landlord wants to renovate and wants tendants out.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You may be forever protected against a new owner wanting to force you from your apartment if you live in a building with...

I live in New York and want to know if there is something like California code 5150 in New York.

Dear North Babylon Aunt: So what is California code 5150? Is that an involuntary mental health commitment for a person in need of...

Dear New Rochelle Card Carrier: You will only owe back to the company purchases made on the card for your own private and personal use. The...

When someone is assigned as a POA to a parent, can they stop at any time? Including stop taking care of the parent?

Dear Syracuse SiblIng: An appointed agent may resign. The principal (your mother) may designate a new agent (you?) in a new POA. Your mother...