AirBnB

Dear Queens Tenant: One tenant is allowed one roommate. Any tenant using a residence as a bread and breakfast or hotel (transient occupancy of...

Dear Hollis Tenant: If you reside in a separate space in a one family dwelling the owner likely performed an illegal conversion. Attic space...

Airbnb

Dear Queens Landlord: AirbnB rentals in NYC are not likely legal and allow a landlord to use a standard lease provision to terminate a...

What is considered harassment?

Dear Waterford Tenant: See a local attorney who may assist you in developing the facts of your encounters with the neighbor in the building's...

Is a 30-day move-out notice in the form of an email be sufficient or does a letter have to be mailed to my tenant?

Dear Astoria Tenant: No. The thirty day notice is a statutory notice and the service of the notice is a necessary element of proof. In state...

I Have a rent stabilized apartment and had 3 roommates over the past 2 years. I have lived in the apt for 20 years. My first

Dear New York Tenant: The facts you described would support a landlord decision to terminate your tenancy. When posting on AVVO do not state...

Is my lease legal and binding?

Dear LIC Tenant: If your father was a rent stabilized tenant, you were a family member entitled to succeed to his tenancy in the event of his...

Possible to look up online a cooperative units' dollar deduction and dollar per share for real estate taxes prior to purchase?

Dear New York Coop Purchaser: Use an attorney to perform the"due diligence" considered essential in a purchase of a cooperative apartment. The...

My condominium did not adhere to fire code according to the fire dept. Can i sue the building for uninsured damages and living

Dear New York Condo Owner: It is a condominium. All the unit owners are in this together. Each owner maintains insurance for his or her own...

How can I make sure that my landlord deposited my security account of $12,000 properly and really did earn less than 1% by it?

Dear New York Tenant: The returned security deposit along with earned interest less up to a 1% for the landlord's administrative expenses,...