No lease. Landlord has a problem with my bf visiting all the time. We are quiet, I pay my rent on time. What are my rights?

Dear Flushing Tenant: Your "legal" problem is without a lease your landlord has a right to end your tenancy with nothing more complex than a...

Landlord threaten to change locks

Dear New York Tenant: What difference does it make to you now? You "got away" with locking out the landlord to hold off the landlord committing...

Contract question...

Dear New York Vehicle Seller: If you signed over title and the vehicle is registered with in your friend's name he is the owner of the vehicle...

I have a tenant with a month to month tenancy.i served her with a notice to terminate with the proper one months notice.

Dear Levittown Home Owner: Yes. A holdover is the proper proceeding if the tenant does not move out. Make certain you do not accept any rent...

Can I sue my former landlord for a mandatory vacate order from HPD for viloations they knew about before renting to me?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: No law prohibits you from suing the landlord. You should inquire whether you have claims on which you have a likelihood of...

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Dear Bronx Tenant: A landlord cannot usually end a written lease with a thirty day notice unless the lease specifically provides for the right...

Can a landlord evict a tenant and then charge storage fees?

Dear Bronx Mother: You or your daughter should post the question in Arizona since the law there is not the law here. An Arizona attorney may...

Holding rent for repairs and now landlord says hes gonna kick us out.can he do this

Dear Mexico Tenant: Please comment if you do not have a lease. A landlord is not entitled to evade the obligations imposed by State law to...

I am a renter and the water was shut off for repair with no notice. How long can they keep it off and what are my rights?

Dear Amsterdam Tenant: Did you call for information from the landlord or the City. Amsterdam regularly shuts off water to some customers in...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Implied in every residential lease, even an oral non-written lease, is a covenant of good faith. How could you possibly...