Can I receive emergency SSD aid for rent overdue

Dear Rochester Tenant: Without explanation for the rent shortfall, or whether your household has young children, you may try to seek a one-shot...

Illegal sublet of shareholders unit to mother

Dear LIC Shareholder: Your could have held up the closing when you purchased the shares to the apartment because the lease and share certificate...

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I have a two family house in New York that is rented. I need to repair and upgrade the house. What do I have to do with tenants.

Dear Astoria landlord: Your upgrades will become nothing but trouble with two month to month tenants living in the house. All they would need to...

My landlord gave me a threatening eviction letter if idont stop smoking to much my neighbors are complaning they can smell it

Dear Buffalo Tenant: Your lease may prohibit behavior which interferes with the peaceful use of other tenants' apartments. Smoke makes its way...

Singles that own their homes and need roommates to share expensive with, how do they do this legally.?Protect themselves.

Dear Centereach Home Home Owner: The issue you confront is legal and political. If the town law prohibits the use you want in your home, you may...

Delicate rent control situation-how do I know the lawyer I choose won't be in discussion with the Landlord behind my back?

Dear Bronx Control Tenant: If you hire a lawyer without experience or special skills in representing tenants, then you have chosen to risk a...

I have to give a written opposition by 11/4/2013 for eviction how do I do so?

Dear Richmond Hill Tenant: If you are in Supreme Court in an "eviction" proceeding, I may guess that this is some form of ejectment action, but...

I live with a friend who was a super but my name not on lease i live there 7 years can they evict me if he passes.

Dear Bronx Occupant: Your legal right to continue to co-occupy the home is likely derived from the New York State "Roommate Law"...

Dear Jamaica Homeowner: Where is the original deed? A New York City deed cannot be filed without other appropriate forms including real property...

I am a ny landlord who kept part of a security deposit because of damage. What are my rights?

Dear Albany Landlord: Your rights as a landlord are the rights you gave yourself in the lease you made with the tenant. If you did not muddle or...