Dear Buffalo Tenant: Contributions made to you by the occupant for a share of utilities does not create a relationship with the landlord and so...

Can i withhold rent

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: All residential tenants in New York are entitled to a habitable home at all times, but rent withholding when you do not...

Is landlord responsible

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You have every right to be upset. Would three days of the rent compensate you? You surely do not want to lose your home...

Dear LIC Tenant: So far, based on everything you posted the apartment is legal. Third floor balcony are accessible by short ladder from the FDNY...

Is it legal some one to receive rent for the same apartment from DSS and Section 8 at the same time?

Dear Schenectady Landlord: Yes, it is a typical method to assist families with the means to afford a residence.

Is it possible that courts make errors? default judgement against me was an error?

Dear New York Tenant: Sure a clerk may make a date entry error. Did the "default" occur on a calendared "court date"? If so, what did you do in...

How many times can a trial be adjourned? Can having a cancer patient or a veteran in the household mean they cannot be evicted?

Dear West Babylon Landlord: You should inquire from your own attorney; but New York housing law allows for the eviction of any person regardless...

Is it legal for me to take an item from the trash on the curb in Manhattan?

Dear New York Tenant: Do you mean a trash can? A building's trash pick up? In NYC people persist in taking home all sorts of discarded...

When filing an Order to show cause in housing court in Brooklyn..How long will it take to get a date?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: An order to show cause or a motion is available only in a filed case where the clerk issued an index number. There is...

Can a landlord require me to install carpet in an apartment before we have moved in due to us having children?

Dear Flushing Tenant: Nearly every standard form for a residential lease in New York City (including for Rent Regulated tenancies) contains some...