Will I lose my co-op now that my mother has passed?

Dear New York Cooperative tenant: Generally, the Proprietary Lease, addresses the subject of a transfer of the shares in the Apartment...

Dear Staten Island Home Owner: The NYC Housing Maintenance Code imposes upon the 'Owner" the legal duty to maintain a one or two family house in...

How do you subpoena someone if after a hearing is lost, you want to subpoena them to have re-hearing?

Dear New York Litigant: If you do not have an attorney, when the new date for hearing is set, present your proposed subpoena to the court clerk...

I was going to rent an apartment from a friends of mines and she took my money and went to court and was awarded a judgement.

Dear Queens Village Tenant: I gather you meant that you were the person who went to court and you won the case and now need to know how to...

Get approved for an apartment with a broker and change my mind and he want to keep the money

Dear New York Tenant: Do you mean the broker has your money for rent and security and a commission, or the landlord has your money? If the...

Do I need a lawyer? If so what kind? Civil or criminal?

Dear Flushing: There is no right to privacy or confidentiality on an Internet forum such as AVVO. If any arrest follows you have to know that an...

I live in Brooklyn and need a attorney to represent me in landlord tenant court. How can I find a reasonable one?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Did the landlord start a Housing Court case? If so, did the tenancy termination state a reason for ending the lease before...

Real estate broker rental question

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: There is a case only if you choose to sue the broker for the $3500 fee claimed earned finding an apartment not fit for use...

Do I need to file an affidavit of service if I serve a "notice to cure"

Dear Bronx Landlord: Is the tenant Rent Stabilized? Does the lease state the methods of service? If so, the service of the notice must comply...

Dear Bronx landlord: The landlord never "evicts" without a final judgment entered in its favor in a proper form of summary proceeding, commenced...