After winning a condo through a foreclosure auction with a Rent-Stabilized tenant, can I use the condo as my primary residence?

Dear New York Condo Owner: You may need to serve a notice of intention to not renew the lease on the ground of owner occupancy as a "primary...

Can I legally withhold rent due to my landlord's refusal to provide me receipts for rent paid?

Dear New York Tenant: I doubt any experienced attorney would suggest you risk eviction, a nonpayment summary proceeding, a place on the New York...

How can I deal with a maintenance issue in my apartment complex?

Dear Stony Brook Tenant: I am not your attorney. While the dead animal is the fault of the landlord or not (as the landlord claims) New York...

Dear Bronx Homeowner: There are serious penalties in New York for the owners of the abandoned vehicles including risk of loss of drivers...

Could I sue my landlord?

Dear Waynesboro Tenant: I am an attorney licensed in New York. I do not practice law in Pennsylvania. Read the information at the link...

Getting rid of crazy roomate

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The landlord and neighbors know this is your problem to deal with a stranger you let into your home without a background...

I own a house with another person (non-spouse). She wants to sell & I don't. Can she have a judge force me to sell?

Dear Home Owner: If you cannot work out your expectations for home ownership without a judge splitting your interests and forcing your hand, you...

I live in a privately owned building in a rent controlled apartment. Every year we constantly have no heat and hot water.

Dear Flushing Tenant: If you are one of the few tenants left in a Rent Controlled apartment in NYC, the last decision you should make on your...

Dear New York Landlord: I doubt you may mount a Housing Court eviction proceeding for the garage. In my opinion, you have leverage if you...

Roach entered my son's ear in apartment days after exterminator came.

Dear New York Tenant: You must have a violation reported by a city inspector for the vermin (roach) infestation. NYC does not consider...