What can we do, as members of an international crime gang are running our Co-Op, in North Babylon, New York?

Dear North Babylon Tenant: If you cannot sleep because of the executions going on, move out now. Worry about what to do after you secure a safe...

If I've submitted a letter requesting to terminate my lease by a certain date but my plans to move out changed?

Dear New York Tenant: Usually, a residential lease does not provide a choice to a tenant to end the lease early. New York law allows a landlord...

Dear New York Tenant: A landlord may easily figure out a non-discriminatory reason to refuse to rent. Usually, a good idea is avoid discussing...

Can I sue a subleter for breaking lease one month early? She gave less than 24 hours notice. Did not pay the final month's rent.

Dear Brooklyn tenant: In NYC you may sublease only with your landlord's permission or risk your own tenancy. The security you held onto covers...

Can I have the Amish build a pole barn for me next to my house, if I have the plans approved by the local building inspector?

Dear Stockton Home Owner: You may need to obtain forms directly from the building inspector. I could not locate an formys online for the Town of...

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Dear New York Landlord: What information do you have that the tenant's plan is to run a one-person burglary operation in the building? The...

Is the an expiretion date on a notice of eviction?

Dear Staten Island Landlord: The NYC Marshal's notice of eviction does not provide for an expiration date, but the rules regulating the...

What if two people live in a apartment and one is on the lease and the other isn't but the other has proff of living there does

Dear Huntington Station Tenant: If your tenancy rights were compromised by the failure to pay rent by the tenant of record, and you were not...

Grievance Process - Eviction for lease violation - not rent payments.

Dear Tarrytown Tenant: Whether you write a special note on the check will not add to or diminish your legal rights. But you may cause an issue...

I rent a commercial space from landlord am I responsible for getting a new boiler for my space he has tenants on the 2nd floor

Dear Commercial Tenant: You and your landlord may have shifted to your business the obligation to maintain the heat in the building by a special...