Security deposit!

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Unfortunately, your relationship with the landlord is rocky, and you are reasonable to expect a fight for the return of...

Dear New York Tenant: A tenant is always entitled to a written receipt for rent paid by cash. This is a state-wide law and applies to all...

Lease Breaking

Dear Jackson Heights Tenant: I would expect you would need to sue for return of the security deposit no matter what you decide to do about...

We live in a basement almost like 18 months.and conditions are really bad.too much noise upstairs and no air at home

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Basement dwellings are almost always illegal to rent as a residence. An illegal addition to the building will not appear...

Can i go to housing court before a impending eviction hearing and get a hearing without the landlord?

Dear New York Tenant: There are three forms of tenant initiated lawsuits in Housing Court. The HP proceeding for repairs, the 7A proceeding for...

Dear Flushing Coop Owner: In NYC outside window bars are not legal. Read about secure, safe and City approved window gates...

I was promised that I would be be receiving a carpeted apartment but the property manager now provides me a wooden floor apt.

Dear White Plains Tenant: While the landlord knows any promise made to you not actually written in the lease agreement is not enforceable, you...

Dad is being sued for lead poisoning that occurred in a property he owned in 2001, he has dementia.

Dear Buffalo: You require an attorney to deal with the legal issues of a lawsuit that may be barred by a statute of limitations or otherwise...

When a rental building presents a tenant with a 7 day termination notice from the building does that carry any legal weight ?

Dear New York Tenant: If you are a Rent Stabilized tenant the seven day notice hung on the apartment door is a necessary legal notice prior to...

Eviction month to month tenancy.

Dear New York Tenant: The eviction proceeding for a month to month tenant is one of the easier landlord eviction lawsuits to prosecute in the...