Why is it hard to find a lawyer in NYC who looks into SRO (single room housing)?

Dear SRO Tenant: Is the landlord trying to empty the building? Are you a permanent tenant ( gained Rent Stabilization protection)? How many...

What to do if building management request rent payment from 12/2013 now in 07/2014, stating the rent was not paid.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: How did the landlord notify you that the rent for December 2013 is not accounted for as paid? Did you receive a letter? A...

What is motion of discovery?

Dear New York Tenant: With due respect to your attorney, this is not an issue to discuss behind her back. If I sought to establish a rent...

Dear Levittown Tenant: Absent a written rental agreement the "lease" is based on whatever rental terms the tenant and landlord agree upon from...

Landlord wants to show house with 24 hour notice, what if it's not convenient for me?

Dear Buffalo Tenant: Unless the lease states some other method for landlord's access to your home, then the notion of reasonable access requires...

Is this legal?

Dear Bronx Tenant: The method the landlord used to make the notice by itself does not matter. What counts is the type of notice, the content of...

Must there be a grace period for paying rent on a month to month lease?

Dear Levittown Tenant: You confuse the requirement for a rent demand (the New York statutory three day notice to pay rent) with a grace period....

Can a tenant in a holdover case be evicted, even if landlord accepted rent monthly?

Dear New York Tenant: A tenant in a holdover proceeding should succeed in a motion to dismiss the petition if the landlord accepted rent after...

In a holdover case can the landlord deny the tenant access to the files pertinent to the case?

Dear New York Tenant: After a tenant serves and files an Answer to the petition in the holdover proceeding, the tenant may make a written motion...

Breaking a lease

Dear Brockport Tenant: New York State law does not provide a tenant a right to cancel a lease due to taking a new job with a long commute. New...