Dear Angola Landlord: I take it the tenant did not respond to you by text of face to face. You will need to resort to an old-fashioned method...

Can you bring a charge of breach if fuidiciary duty against a board member in Coop landlord housing court ?

Dear New York Shareholder: It is not a defense in a Housing Court case to single out a board member for breach of a fiduciary duty. The board...

"Docket Search" in the Queens, NY court system

Dear Queens Tenant: You cannot perform an online docket search for your landlord involving the NYC Housing Court. That search may be performed...

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Should I sue my would-have-been landlord who terminated a signed contract before my lease began?

Dear Ithaca Tenant: If you meant you signed a lease when you used the word "contract" New York law allows you to claim your "damage" to any...

Dear New York Tenant: Unless the lease required a notice in advance if the landlord chose to not renew the lease, the usual lease expires on the...

I bought a house in New York City 40 years ago. I just found out that there is a building violation that renders the house

Dear Staten Island Homeowner: Your ownership (title) is not affected by a violation issued by the NYC Department of Buildings for a use not...

Question about Rent

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Verbal agreements do not modify a written lease. The landlord's Email confirming the $50.00 monthly rent reduction is not...

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Can you use your security deposit to pay your last months rent?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The expired lease is your contract with the landlord relating to the security deposit. All terms of an expired lease...

What is the remedy when the landlord doesn't cash the rent check?

Dear New York Tenant: Something else is going on such as a Notice to Cure or Termination of Tenancy notice. Typically a landlord is on guard...

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How long can a landlord keep an eviction notice?

Dear Astoria Tenant: Your landlord may very well have abandoned the right to seek execution of the warrant of eviction issued two years ago....

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