Dear Selden Tenant: You could request an inspection by the local code enforcement officer. You could search for the certificate of occupancy at...

Dear Flushing Tenant: If your lease ends on October 31, and you are not a rent stabilized tenant, your landlord offered you to continue the...

We were issued a WARRENT HOLDOVER jUDGEMENT" AND A "WARRENT OF EVICTION HOLDOVER" notices. Who do we contact to serve them?

Dear Valley Stream landlord: If the Court issued a Warrant of Eviction, and you want to schedule the eviction and you intend to use the office...

Hello iam living in a building in nyc that is been in foreclosure

Dear Bronx Tenant: New York law does not provide an escape for a tenant from paying the contracted monthly rent solely due to the landlord's...

Dear Brooklyn Home Owner: You describe a malicious behavior by the neighbor, well conceived, to cause inconvenience to you. Hire an attorney...

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I entered into a commercial lease and never was able to open the store. I tried to negotiate the lease for months to no avail.

Dear Congers Tenant: Your statement is confusing. You claim that you failed to negotiate terms to a lease and that you entered into a commercial...

Dear Jamaica Tenant: There is no purpose to a "security deposit" in an oral tenancy other than the purpose agreed by the tenant and by the...

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I have no certificate of occupancy, no heat no hot water a minor staying here and the town put up a condem sighn took it down t

Dear Wallkill Tenant: If your description is accurate then you may be residing in an illegal and unsafe dwelling and so you must get out for...

What do I do when tenants will not accept a rent increase with the new lease.

Dear New York Landlord: Did the tenants return from Florida? Did the last lease (with your concessions) expire? If the tenants are back from...

Tenant won't control his children and their behavior is a danger to my mother's health.

Dear New York Landlord: As the landlord you are familiar with the default grounds stated in the lease and the need to first alert the tenant of...