I received a marshal's notice and went to court. I was given a new court date but was served with a second marshal's notice.

Dear Bronx Tenant: Make sure the second notice is not a simple copy of the notice you received on January 6, 2014. If the second notice is dated...

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Can a residential landlord give their attorney a letter to give to the judge outlining everything the tenant has done?

Dear New York Landlord: Why ask a stranger what you may give your lawyer? If you want your lawyer to have a handy list of the wrongful acts of...

I just found out my apartment is illegal. I want to get out as soon ASAP. What if my landlord holds my security deposit?

Dear Flushing Tenant: I would suggest more investigation before leaping at your landlord's information the apartment is illegal. He may be...

Illegal, Harassment, health hazard, and Tremble Damages (347 483-4209)

Dear New York Tenant: If you were illegally evicted by a tenant from an apartment where you lived for longer than thirty days, you may have a...

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Can I stop pymt on a ret'd security deposit after finding serious wall damage?

Dear Baldwinsville Landlord: New York State Police may follow up on a complaint of a stop payment on a tendered...

Landlord/ tenet. Can I get help with my situation

Dear New York Tenant: You could start your search for information about transfer and tenants with disabilities...

Dear New York Tenant: You could sue since no law prohibits a lawsuit even when there is little chance of a meaningful financial recovery. But...

Im a multiple unit complex. If lead paint is found in one apartment, must the landlord inform the other apartment

Dear New York Tenant: All tenants everywhere in the USA are entitled to receive from their landlord upon the initial rental a lead paint...

Hello dear attorneys. Please give me your professional advice. I signed a lease for office for a year.

Dear Flushing Tenant: A commercial tenant is usually bound to the obligation to pay the rent for the full term of the lease. New York law does...

Notice to cure information question

Dear New York Landlord: A notice to cure is not a pleading so claiming a breach of an obligation of tenancy based upon the occurrence of an...