Dear Binghamton Tenant: Your reading of the lease is likely mistaken, but providing an opinion of a term of lease without the entire document is...

What to do if my landlord shut off running water for more than three months in my bathroom. What I can do?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A landlord cannot legally shut off running water. You described a wrongful act that has the same impact upon your tenancy...

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Do we need to change the proprietary lease of each shareholder to change maintenance rate in a HDFC coop?

Dear New York HDFC Shareholder: There is a presumption of regularity in relation to cooperative conversions of occupied housing accommodations,...

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Dear Brooklyn Landlord: You cannot turn off the water. That is an illegal eviction prohibited by an NYC local...

I am a landlord and discovered that a worker filed an affidavit against me and want to know what can I do to proof that he lied?

Dear Bronx Landlord: Why would you take the big risk in this dispute with a tenant (who has an attorney) and a former employee, who have joined...

Are we on grounds to break our lease?

Dear Pine Bush Tenant: Amazingly, New York law does not provide an easy remedy for you. Breaking a lease as you put it only provides the...

I am currently renting a three bedroom apartment going into foreclosure should I continue to pay rent?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: The foreclosure lawsuit does not impact your promise to pay rent to the landlord. And the landlord likely is dependent on...

Is the jurisdiction of the Houston, Texas Justice court exceeded where a $4,000 security deposit is wrongfully withheld?

Dear New York tenant: You did not explain the reason you inquired about an issue of treble damages in a dispute about a return of security in...

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Dear Brooklyn Tenant: And where are you? Do you intend to ,move back into the apartment? Did you pay the rent to the landlord during the...

Dear New Windsor Tenant: Unless the just expired lease required a renewal offer, or the tenancy is protected by a New York State tenant...