Broker Showing home

Dear Albany Home Purchaser: Read the required New York State form of disclosure form for buyer and seller. Is the broker a listed broker for the...

In new york state is fax and email an acceptable form of personal service

Dear Monsey Attorney: Serve the papers as provided in the statute. Service is complete when you send by mail. When you fax you still must send...

Is a LL responsible for snow removal from exit and walkway of rented apartment in island Park, NY?

Dear Island Park Tenant: Read the Village of Island Park, Ordinance # 11, relating to snow removal among other items. The owner will be in...

I sublease my apt for 20 days. The subtenant changes his mind, and wants to move out 10 days before the end of the sublease.

Dear New York Tenant: You did not sublease your apartment for twenty days. Short term rentals of NYC residential apartments for less than a...

Dear LIC Tenant: You and the other people in this house are victims of an exploiter renting individual rooms in a single house and therefore...

Am I financially responsible for damages in co-op building from toilet flooding?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: In a cooperative, the proprietary lease may make the damage caused by an overflowing toilet, the responsibility of the...

Dear Elmhurst Tenant: Whether basement or cellar the apartment is not likely legal. You could locate the certificate of occupancy for the house...

Joe rented rooms w/o leases as the HeadTenant and paid the Owner but lived for free, can Joe be sued by tenants for back rent?

Dear Woodside Tenant: Joe may be running an illegal hotel or rooming house. Joe is not beyond the reach of Small Claims Court. Proving a claim...

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What are the rights of those who rent homes?

Dear Buffalo Tenant: A receipt is required by New York State law. Insist on the receipt. The right to a receipt is absolute when requested by a...

Can we force a neighbor/total stranger in ANOTHER building to buy shades? (NYC)

Dear New York Tenant: Your across the way neighbor may be committing a crime. Have you called police to report the incident of...

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