My rent demand letter monetary amt is lower than the petition amt due to added utility expense, will this cause dismissal?

Dear Yonkers Landlord: Why wonder now? If the utility expense is allowed by the lease as an additional item of rent, but the tenant was not in...

How do I break the lease while there is a squatter in my apartment?

Dear New York Tenant: The unwanted person is not a squatter because your former roommate let him in. He is a licensee. New York Housing Court...

Can my neighbor come in to my apartment when I'm not at home?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: No one, even your landlord, is allowed to enter your home, without notice to you in advance, except for an emergency....

How can I find the real owner( landlord)?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Strangely, in New York, the "landlord" is the person with whom you have a rental agreement and to whom you pay rent. That...

Can tenant speak up when landlord shows off apartment?

Dear Albany Tenant: I gather your lease is due to end soon, or, already expired, and your landlord is looking for a new tenant for your...

I notorized to surrender apt when the Landlord refused to admit apt was undamaged I said no go court. Will I have to surrender.

Dear New York Tenant: You omitted a crucial fact from your statement. If you were in NYC Housing Court, the landlord likely commenced a form of...

If this lawsuit is Corporation vs. tenants?

Dear Brooklyn Shareholder: You and the other shareholder defendants should engage an attorney and not defend a defamation lawsuit on your own....

Can a landlord kick you out and keep your deposit because you didn't provide 30 day notice?

Dear Albany Tenant: You may present the same argument to the landlord. You had a right to a continued tenancy even when you anticipated late...

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Dear Flushing Tenant: Generally, as long as a tenant has not breached the lease and the landlord did not rely upon the special terms of the...

Dear New York Tenant: A lease modification required as you believed a written document signed by you and the landlord. You may have a better...