Do you retain residency rights after an order of protection expires if you wish to return home?

Dear New York Tenant: If you along with your mother are shareholders in the cooperative, then there is a proprietary lease, your name is on the...

I rent an apt.w a lease month by month

Dear Staten Island Tenant: You should meet soon with a nearby attorney. Even though your lease is written, the term of tenancy you described,...

Dear Kew Gardens Tenant: You could try to go higher in the NYPD chain of command and perhaps also get the attention of the local community board...

Who is responsible for paying for a door broken by the police trying to reach a deceased tenant ? The landlord or the tenant?

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: You may check with the Precinct and find out if NYPD will pay for the replacement door, but even if you gain approval...

What are my options legally to negotiate a credit to my rent after landlord's > 4 months of failure to make necessary repairs?

Dear New York Tenant: You may be correct that you are due a rebate of one month rent, but a tenant attorney would argue for a 100%...

Can you include a drafted court document to a demand letter?

No. IMO that would not make you look more serious. Filing the Small Claims forces defendant to be serious about your claim.

I am a holdover tenant for a few days already. Should I speak to them myself, unrepresented?

Dear New York Tenant: What do you mean by Holdover Tenant? Did your lease expire at the end of July? If so, your landlord may take rent and trap...

Can I collect security deposit after tenants have lived in apt for some time.

Dear Syracuse Home Owner: There may still be a security deposit held in a bank by the former owner; and if so, the tenant has a security deposit...

We rent a duplex and had a trampoline . Were never told we couldn't . Fiancé broke his heel in 9 places . 2 yrs after can we sue

Dear Tenant: Were you injured on your own trampoline or did the landlord leave behind a trampoline? If the landlord's then a claim for...

My name is on lease, and I moved out two years ago. Now I am being pulled into a problem.

Dear New York tenant: If the landlord did not initiate a nonpayment proceeding you have time to engage an attorney to extract you from the...