Hi If a tenant has been given consent to park in the driveway of an apartment she rents in a residential home

Dear Brentwood Tenant: If you are correct that the license permitting parking in the driveway was contained within the written lease, then the...

Landlord withholding my deposit and threatening to put me on a bad tenants register for 'breach of agreement'.

Dear Albany Tenant: If you believe the landlord wrongly converted the security deposit for a purpose not allowed by the lease, and you are...

Can I sue my landlord if an electrical fire started in an illegally converted apartment that cause me & my children to move?

Dear Richmond Hill Tenant: Generally, a tenant may sue a landlord for damage or loss to personal property if caused by the landlord's...

Dear New York Tenant: Department of Buildings vacate orders usually provide affected tenants with some time to clear personal belongings from...

What rights do I have as a tenant if my landlord didn't sign the lease after I signed it?

Dear Rochester Tenant: You may very well need a lawyer. New York "law" considers a written lease effective when the landlord delivers to the...

My landlord sold the house where I currently live, and I have a lease until Aug 2014.

Dear Hampton Bays tenant: Please check your lease for the expiration date. The lease may end July 31 instead of August 1. In any case, the lease...

Dear New York Tenant: Your landlord does not agree that the apartment is not inhabitable with the loss of the bathroom. If you are a Rent...

Can I break my lease? been here for 1 and 1/2 months, can't use kitchen sink its been broke and leaks needs pail, bathrm as well

Dear Buffalo Tenant: How long is the lease? The description of the apartment conditions suggest the home is not habitable. All NY residential...

In New York State if a tenant is served with a 'Three Day Notice to Pay or Vacate" on a Friday when does it expire?

Dear Endicott Landlord: There is a preference to stating the exact date the tenant must either pay or move out since the landlord controls the...

My landlord has served me court paper (hold over dwelling) I just need a few more weeks to move. What can I Do?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: What is the basis for the holdover proceeding? NYC landlords cannot rely on a default in paying rent as ground to...