Hi I rent and n October the property was sold in a tax auction the owner has filed court papers and the third court date is

Dear Buffalo Tenant: Your old lease with the former owner governs your month to month tenancy. The right to access your home for show or other...

Hello, A client runs an out-of-state animal rescue & needs insight into the TN SOL & other laws related to lost/found animals

Dear Poughkeepsie Attorney: As you know there are fifty states in the USA and all have statutes unique to their own state. A statute of...

Roommate told me I have 2 weeks to pack my belongings, should I abide?

Dear Brooklyn Roommate: Your "legal" right is to force a lawsuit. If that is what you want to do, then the situation will become more difficult...

3 days a notice of petition and petition serving the papers to tenant has been passed months can I use it for today?

Dear Flushing Landlord: No. The rent default stated in the petition was corrected. You accepted subsequent rent. The "rent demand" must be for a...

Dear Brooklyn Resident: if the cats are located on property you do not own, then you may be trespassing. Otherwise, feeding by itself is not...

My tenant and his lawyer did not appear in court and I got a default judgment. However, they did a order to "Show Cause".

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: The explanation for the occurrence of the failure to appear in court must have been satisfied the judge and you will...

Dear New York City Tenant: Ordinarily in the past, I would have opined that the email exchanges did not make a binding contract, but the case...

Dear Cutchogue Tenant: Read about the rights of tenants residing in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and strategies for dealing with landlord...

Can I hold back rent,if my landlord has not provided decent drinking water or if the heat is below 68 degrees?

Dear Cutchogue Tenant: No New York law actually forces a tenant to pay rent. Rather, the legal obligation to pay rent derives from a lease or...

Can I move out and transfer my lease of an apartment in New York City?

Dear New York Tenant: A co-tenant does not independently of the other tenants possess a right to assign the lease. You and your co-tenants...