HELP!!! I sent a money order for my rent on july 3, 2014. my landlord text me asking where the rent is.

Dear Buffalo Tenant: Your landlord is acting like a bully. No New York tenant may be lawfully evicted without the landlord winning a properly...

Am I being taken to court or evicted??

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A lawyer does not make a demand for rent by "letter" or start a Housing Court case by letter. A rent demand is a...

I found today that everything of value was taken by the landlord from my recently deceased father's apartment.

Dear New York Tenant: The contents of the apartment as well as the lease are personal property of your father's Estate. If you are the executor...

I live in brooklyn ny , in a two family house the building has been sold

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You have a bigger problem than surveillance. If there are four apartments in a two family house, the owner must register...

I rent a townhouse been here eight years with my two kids. The landlord found a buyer and told me to leave.

Dear Staten Island Tenant: Of course you can fight this. Defending a nonpayment summary proceeding may be as simple as paying the landlord. You...

What if management co has not fixed water damage caused to our condo by neighboring apartment's leaky pipe over 2 months ago?

Dear New York Owner: If you are the owner of a cooperative apartment, the law sees you the same as a tenant, and the same right exists to...

Month to month lease

Dear Lake Ronkonkoma Tenant: The tenancy termination notice is what the landlord wants it to be at this time. The general rule of law in New...

Do I have the right to demand the landlord let me be present at an early inspection?

Dear Far Rockaway Tenant: You have the right to ask that your landlord conduct a walk through while you are in the apartment and before you...

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Blacklisting in New York

Dear New York City Tenant: In New York City, the tenant has the burden in any lawsuit, where the tenant is a Respondent to make certain when...

DOES MY CO-OP HAVE A STRONG CASE TO EVICT ME?

Dear New York City Shareholder: You need a tenant advocacy lawyer to look at your court papers. No one could evaluate the legal proceeding...