Does failure to perform non-essential repairs justify breaking a rental lease?

Dear Bronx Tenant: No. New York does not provide a right to a tenant to cancel a lease early based on the existence of non-life threatening...

Can I be sued for not selling my refrigerator to a person who did not commit to pick it up or pay in full?

Dear Ithaca: You have a defense to the claim you owe the plaintiff a $200 refrigerator it will help if you prove the default in the original...

Does a landlord have the right of changing my rent from preferential rent to the market price rent after my lease will be over?

Dear Bronx Tenant: If you are a Rent Stabilized tenant your landlord must offer the renewal lease option of a one year or two year lease to you...

I live in a 3 family house. People above me very noisy. I complained for years to owner. Can I put rent in escrow til this stop?

Dear Bronx Tenant: What leads you to believe that your landlord will finally get a handle on the problem of the obnoxious neighbor if you stop...

I paid security on my apartment in April2014 now added my nephew to lease in Oct2014 and they want me to pay another $150.00 sec

Dear Cohoes Tenant: You are not paying security twice on one apartment but adding $150 to the original deposit. It is not usual to "add" another...

Landlord using old signed lease as new lease?

Dear Staten Island Tenant: I gather the tenancy and the apartment are not controlled by Rent Stabilization. If so, New York law did not mandate...

My landlord threatened me with eviction if i didn't give my estranged wife who had moved out a couple things she was asking for

Dear Buffalo Tenant: I suggest you discuss this problem with the landlord with your lawyer who has full knowledge of the relevant facts and...

Is my apartment legal?

Dear Staten Island Tenant: The apartment is not likely legal if your apartment is located in the basement and is not on the Certificate of...

Dear Staten Island Home Owner: Likely the same since the second apartment is not a legal dwelling. Your tenant may pay rent or may not pay rent....

Break a lease.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Do you mean are you allowed to break the lease and avoid a penalty? New York law holds a tenant responsible for the rent...

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