Rental Nightmare

Dear Bronx Renter: You are in a difficult situation. An attorney may suggest to you to stand up to the tenant and not pay by Western Union. No...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Did your landlord recently abandon the central heating in the building or did the building never have central...

Hello - i am currently living in a friend's house, paying $300 a week. we had a caretaker's agreement for the first year...

Dear Hudson Tenant: A landlord cannot hold a tenant hostage to a month to month tenancy. New York State law allows a tenant to end the...

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Non-payment petition against month-to-month tenant without lease.

Dear New York Tenant: In NYC the landlord has the right alone to terminate a month to month tenancy. The tenant may move out before the start of...

Can a Party re-do service of papers once you've already answered?

Dear New York Tenant: If you the Notice of Petition and Petition is in relation to a nonpayment summary proceeding, you have an interesting...

Dear Monroe Home Owner: The "legal" owner of the house is The Estate of your mother. Title cannot pass to heirs without a deed.

Dear Tenant: New York State law limits the recovery in damages due to the landlord's failure to deliver possession. ">>>In the absence of an...

My roommate is responsible for bills, but doesn't tell me how much I owe for months at a time. What are my options?

Dear New York Roommate: If the share of expenses wildly fluctuates from month to month your frustration in the delay in being charged is...

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Dear New York Tenant: Your landlord is still providing heat for your apartment in the same manner as prior to the installation of the improved...

Can a family member of a property owner be named as "Petitioner" in an eviction proceeding??

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: In New York, an agent is not a proper Petitioner. The Petitioner is the landlord, that is the person you pay the rent or...