Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If your dwelling is "illegal" as you suggest, your landlord established disregard for the ordinary rules and statutes for...

Dear Bronx Landlord: You have a proper legal solution through the Housing Court. Hire a lawyer. Terminate the month to month tenancy. If you...

I have previously been evicted from our home. My landlord had no legal rental permit. 2-months later a judgement credit report

Dear New York City Tenant: There is no appeal from a judgment made by a settlement. A landlord in NYC does not need a rental permit. Your family...

Can a tenant/landlord rule on who owns and controls a single family home in an irrevocable in richmond cty nyc ny

Dear Staten Island Owner: I believe you made this inquiry multiple times and with a variation on the theme. But no matter how often you post the...

NY Coop Apartment Question

Dear New York Coop Owner: The lease is a contract for the premises attached to the stock in the apartment corporation purchased at the closing....

Can my roommate break our lease?

Dear New York Tenant: Your co-tenant should be free to move on his own because the lease expired and no new written agreement exists. If the...

My neighbor is lying that I am beating my dog. What should I do to defend myself and my little puddle?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You did not mention whether you live in your own home and the neighbor is in the next door house or you rent or own an...

If I have two tenants who signed a lease and one moves out due to marital issues, is it imperative that I have the remaining

Dear White Plains Home Owner: The current lease is valid and the tenants, living together or not, remain tenants and obliged as before one moved...

Can the landlord raise the rent for a rent-stabilized apartment?

Dear Elmhurst Tenant: If you intend to establish lawful succession to the Rent Stabilized tenancy be certain that in case you and the landlord...

Period of time to leave a private home as a tenant

Dear Floral Park Tenant: In New York State the right of a month to month tenant to expect to continue a tenancy is never secure,. No matter what...