What is the best way to deal with an attorney for a breach of contract? Please advise.

Dear New York Real Estate Sales Person: If you are confident in the legality of your agency contract, invoice the fee, and use Small Claims...

Can I recover my full move-out deposit or should I accept the board's settlement?

Dear Kew Gardens Tenant: Rule changes that are not announced or written are not capable of proof. Your mover should be able to corroborate the...

Dear Bayside Tenant: Are you the tenant or the tenant's roommate? In any case, any person threatening violence or harm or is striking fear into...

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If you have bedbug and your apartment has been being treated for more than two years and it is not working.

Dear Dix Hills Tenant: If the landlord and tenants have been battling a bed bug infestation for two years, that is not the fault of the tenants....

I'm a month to month tenant in Brooklyn. The tenants are not sure if they are stabilized. Can they maintain a proceeding?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you are renting a room from other persons who are "prime tenants" and you all live in a basement apartment that you say...

A landlord skipped w/ 4 tenants without heat, a gas bill over $3,000. , electric bill over $2,000. is there any emergency help?

Dear Mount Vernon Tenant: ConEd should have informed all tenants and occupants in advance of the utility shut off that the tenants had the...

Do I have to correct the names on eviction papers that I already had served-or can I continue on with eviction process?

Dear Sodus Landlord: What did you mean by your claim that you served eviction papers on two persons living with the tenant? Eviction papers...

Is this even legal????

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You owe October and November. But that is not the real issue if the pink notice of eviction is from a New York City...

I was told my apt is illegal and needs to be vacated. Is my landlord responsible for moving expenses and to return paid rent?

Dear Albany Tenant: Any more rent money you provide to a landlord of an illegal dwelling is your money flushed away. Unless Albany has a unique...

I am currently waiting for a judge to make a decision on a court case. Is there a reasonable time limit for this to happen?

Dear New York Resident: Please post the question in the section for New Jersey attorneys. New Jersey law is best explained by attorneys licensed...