I owe nycha $1000 in back rent, i know i can pay it by the end of the month, but will they give me time or serve me?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You did not mention how many month behind, but if more than one month, your management company should have started the...

Tenant is looking for a landlord

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You pay your rent to the utility company to forestall a turn off. How is the building heated? Are you paying rent? if you...

Dear Staten Island Friend: Your friend should consult a lawyer. Even without a legal right to claim a residence in the basement of a commercial...

I would like to convert my 2 family property in Westchester County, NY to condos. I live in Las Vegas, NV

Dear Harrison Home Owner: You should review Article 9-B of the New York Real Property Law (the Condominium...

Dear Amsterdam Tenant: You and your landlord do not have the traditional "arms length" relation of a typical landlord and tenant, as you live in...

Can Landlord force evict me?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You may initiate a complaint about discrimination in housing in NYC at NYC Commission on Human...

I have a lease and am the only one on it. I have terminated the lease and am moving. Can i lock out the remaining roomates?

Dear Buffalo Tenant: You are over a barrel. You cannot lock out the roommates. That is an illegal eviction. The fact that you "terminated" the...

My landlord has bolt locked a door where my property is held in captivity and my rent is up to date

Dear Bronx Tenant: If the "area" is within the boundary of your residential dwelling (how did the landlord get in to do this?) then your...

Eviction date by judge is after Jan 31st. Now tenant has other people staying there. Will this affect the eviction?

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: Yes it may very well affect the eviction if the "new" persons were not named in the proceeding, the judgment and warrant...

My landlord put condo up for sale. But my lease expires 4/2015. I want to leave early if I find a home to purchase myself.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: I cannot see why you accepted the burden to show the apartment, unless this tenant obligation is specifically expressed in...