I did not send the order to show cause, I got an extra week. Bringing it to this Friday 17th. I was in hospital I am sick fear

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Usually, the Housing Court Part Clerk, will call and alert a Marshall to the judge signing an Order to Show Cause. You...

As an Agent for the Building how much leeway does a property manager have when firing and hiring a Super for the building?

Dear Managing Agent: For information about your designated power to hire and to fire building personnel in the luxury hi-rise you manage, confer...

172-A Instead of 1172-A. Is it a defective ticket?

Dear Brooklyn Driver: Your wife needs a lawyer no matter the mood of the judge. Your lawyer will deal with the ticket as legitimate and use the...

A friend of mine told me that his ex told him she recorded him @ his residence & is threatening him with it. IS it admissable

Dear Jamaica Friend: The recording may not violate a law since New York allows for a recording with only one side with the need to know. The...

Is Hidden Cameras Legal to be Monitoring Me?

Dear Bronx Tenant: It is not legal. It is also not legal to reside in a basement.

Is it illegal for 7 people to live in 1 unit of a 2 family house

Dear Bayside Tenant: The dwelling must provide the adult occupants with at least eighty square feet of liveable space apiece. So your home my...

Landlord sent us a letter stating she is not renewing our lease?

Dear Coram Tenant: Unless the lease provides the right to renew or the right to renew derives from rent stabilization, ordinarily New York does...

Does NYC allow squatters rights?

Dear Flushing Tenant: Squatter rights means only a squatter is entitled to a ten day Notice to Quit in advance of the start of the holdover...

My landlord in New York ripped me off a $3000 deposit and said that she didn't return it because she had a "bad year."

Dear New York Tenant: What stopped you from suing in Small Claims Court as soon as two months after you moved out and your security was not...

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Is there any legal ways to broke the New York lease with no affect my future?

Dear New York Tenant: You want to assign the lease, not sublet. A tenant gains the right to cancel the balance of the lease with thirty days...