Can I tell the landlord to use my security deposit as last months payment?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: How many tenants to start with including you were on the lease? Did you all pay rent independently with individual checks...

Dear Garden City Tenant: Amazingly, even if the premises rented is not legal as a residence, there is no New York law, that acts on its own to...

Dear New York Tenant: Your lease likely does not permit subleasing the apartment without the landlord's consent and as allowed by New York Real...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Did you provide the written notice required by the lease? If you did not the landlord has no document memorializing your...

Hello! I have asked questions here before since 2013 till now. I been had a continuous Bed bug problem.

Dear Bronx Tenant: Housing Court cannot reimburse you for the lost furniture and cannot determine a counterclaim for your property...

My lease expired 4/14. Ll sold house on July, I moved out end Augl. New ll wants to hold me responsible to pay rent thru 4/15?

Dear Maspeth Tenant: The short answer is no. Just because your old landlord and lawyer conned the new owner and lawyer, that you had a lease for...

How long does a landlord have to return a security deposit in Brooklyn NY?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: New York State did not set out in a statute any time to return the security deposit or make and send an itemized...

I am a landlord, and my tenant owes me rent. We signed a stipulation, but the tenant still does not pay me. What should I do?

Dear New York Landlord: The Housing Court cannot enforce the stipulation after the tenant vacated, but if the stipulation provided for an entry...

If there is a mortgage by city on an HDFC co-op, due to welfare payments, what happens when shareholder dies?

Dear New York Tenant: The HDFC conversion was effected by a non-eviction plan that allowed non-purchasing tenants to maintain the rent regulated...

Notice of Petition Dwelling, Non-Payment Question.

Dear Jamaica Tenant: A nonpayment notice of petition, unlike a holdover notice of petition, in NYC does not come with a court date. The tenant...