What should I do about landlord forging my signature?

Dear Oceanside Tenant: You may have found a handwritten rent demand, and so, you should show the note to a lawyer. If your dwelling is...

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If I live in the building and the residents above me smoking day and night , do I have a right for clean air?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You have the right to clean air. You have the right to write to your neighbor and inform about the smoke entering your...

Is our landlord legally harassing us?

Dear Poughkeepsie Tenant: What your landlord is doing to you is harassment, but is more in line with a crime, as New York State does not...

Can I sell a NY coop apartment without being at the closing in person? even if the coop is owned by an estate I administer?

Dear Bayside Coop Owner: Your attorney may execute documents in your place if you extend a certain set of powers to your attorney to act as your...

What eviction options are available for a NYC landlord with extensive property damage, breaking tree laws, and building code law

Dear New York Landlord: Your best approach to determination of a litigation strategy is meet with an experienced litigator. Internet advise...

Dear New York Tenant: The key element to retaining your rent stabilized apartment and right to a renewal lease is that you maintained this...

Can landlord categorically refuse residential rental lease assignment, with no/bad reason (see below)?

Dear New York Tenant: You are correct that your lease mimics the language of the statute, but you have not pushed the landlord into a place...

Filed a holdover in Queens County back in September. The case is still not resolved.

Dear Queens Landlord: The landlord retains the right to access the apartment for a repair even though the court did not make a final judgment in...

Are you the landlord or the tenant? The landlord controls the time for the execution of the warrant of eviction. Even with an issued warrant,...

Dear Clifton Park tenant: If your messy battle with the landlord involves a claim of rent nonpayment, then you have available all the classic...

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