A summons was handed to me but my wife is named as the respondent. Is the service "proper? or did she have to be served?

Dear Bayshore: New York allows for substituted service. That is serving the intended party by personal delivery to a person of suitable age and...

I'm on a month to month lease. Landlord only gave me 28 days notice

Dear New York Tenant: If the landlord claims less than a full thirty day period for the termination notice in the affidavit of service, you will...

If my tenants window was broken because they are having trouble with other people can I use money from security deposit?

Dear Staten Island Landlord: You cannot invade the tenant security deposit during the term of the lease to make an ordinary repair. Your lease...

If landlord has broken the stipulation ordered by the judge and we put the case back on calender what happens now?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The magnitude of the breach does count. Did the landlord fail to do any work on any agreed day, or not work a full day,...

In the state of New York if a tenant pays a partial amount after being served a 3 day notice. do I have to start over again?

Dear New York Landlord: It is not "code" that may require a new demand for rent but rather legal precedents, practices and procedures. No law or...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A Bill of Particulars does not "produce" evidence. The intent of a B of P is amplification of the pleadings. A party in a...

If you have a rent stabilized tenant do you have to serve them a notice to cure?

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: The eviction procedure in Rent Stabilization is complex. An error in a Notice to Cure (a legal document reciting the...

Dear Buffalo Home Owner: New York State law requires that any contract for a home improvement is written. Review this information from the...

Lease agreement problem

Dear Bronx Landlord: Why bother to renew the lease (unless compelled because this is a rent stabilized tenancy) next year, and worry that a...

I rent out an unregulated, free-market, condominium, can I charge late fees for late rent?

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: A landlord in your situation may charge late fees. Many standard forms for leasing a condominium apartment contain all...

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