Dear Rochester Tenant: If the single family house is not owner occupied, the owner requires a renewable certificate of occupancy as provided in...

Valid sublease

Dear Brooklyn Tenant or Subtenant: The standard form used by tenants on their own for subleasing with the landlord's permission in either a rent...

Order to show cause

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you file proper proof of service of the HP proceeding, and the landlord or an attorney do not appear, HPD will draft an...

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Tenant not paying utility bill

Dear Syracuse Landlord: You had the right at the first instance to serve a rent demand and sue for possession in a nonpayment...

Tenant not paying utilities

Dear Syracuse Landlord: The lease likely limits the landlord to no more than a claim of a default in paying rent and or additional rent. That...

Is there a roof to how much I could charge for subletting my room? can I add money above my rent for furnished room?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Your lease likely does not allow the privilege of subleasing without the prior written permission of the landlord. In any...

Can i sue landlord in court for a key to the mail box which she has refused to give?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: You chose the wrong landlord. In case her misconduct caused you the additional expense of securing a box at the post office...

My lease was up 4 months ago I'm I still bound to that contract?

Dear Lakewood Tenant: Your tenancy converted to month to month when you remained as a tenant after the lease expired and the landlord accepted...

Lease states utilities paid to landlord.

Dear Syracuse Landlord: If the lease defined the utility obligation as an item of "additional rent" the landlord remedy is through the legal...

Illegal basement tenant cant afford to pay rent. holdover eviction

Dear Flushing Landlord: The tenant may make the counterclaim for rent paid to you and unless you make a motion to dismiss the Housing Court...