Can a landlord evict me and my family in five day notice w been paying rent but not in full

Dear Lindenhurst Tenant: No. Your landlord is bound by the same law that all landlords must follow in New York State when looking to a court in...

Can a landlord take away a market rent credit at anytime and base the new rent on value rather than what has been the paid rent?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Is your tenancy Rent Stabilized? Are you inquiring about a change in the "preferential rent" at your lease renewal? If so...

PLEASE HELP, I HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING COURT DOCUMENTS NOTARIZED TO ANSWER A COMPLAINT.

Dear Rochester Defendant: The problem is with your Notary not you. You satisfied the requirement of proof of identity. Verified answers require...

Selected as the best answer

Worried about missing serving papers

Dear Brooklyn: If you are expecting court proceedings but the plaintiff does not know your location technically that is the plaintiff's problem...

Giving a tenant a notice to cure over the coming holidays?

Dear New York Tenant: The short answer is no. A judge does not take a hokiday or weekend into account, What does count is commencing to cure or...

Who is legally responsible for eradicating bedbugs in a co-op building? The shareholder/co-op owner or the Management Co?

Dear Bronx Cooperative Apartment Manager: This is "old news". It is the landlord and in your case the cooperative primarily responsible for the...

Can a co-op mgmt. co not allow my bank in to conduct a BPO so I can proceed with my deed in lieu?

Dear Coram Cooperator: It surely seems that your coop worked you and your husband over and an attorney right at the beginning surely would have...

Dear Astoria Tenant: New York landlord and tenant law allows a landlord to sue for an eviction in a summary holdover proceeding and to use the...

I received a petition to go to in court for an eviction. an address scribbled out and my address written in. Is This legal?

Dear Central Islip Tenant: Your landlord may have copied another petition and still have been allowed to purchase an Index Number in order to...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: The "area rug rule" is an item in most forms of residential leases in New York and the landlord may charge a non complying...