Basement Apartment

Dear Astoria Tenant: Well you began your occupancy in this building by renting a likely illegal (basement) apartment from a tenant and not the...

Can an improper notice to cure served by a landlord's attorney ever be fixed in a temporary restraining order case?

Dear New York Landlord: A notice to cure is not amenable. If the court determines that the predicate notice is defective the landlord cannot...

If i am late on rent and have paid $100 towards the $400 monthly rent, can my security deposit be used to pay the remaining rent

Dear Rochester Tenant: Your landlord should not apply your security to owed rent but if he does then he will also likely choose to end the month...

My tenant and undertenant both did not response to my petition for 2 weeks. How do I apply for default judgment?

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: The Housing Court offers free assistance in the courthouse as well as on the Internet. The court offers information...

Dear Flushing Owner: You are responsible for the (NYC) Department of Finance Water and Sewer charges on the house as this is an item which runs...

Can i take my landlords to small claims court for my last months rent back?

Dear Hampton Bays Tenant: The terms of the lease will control the return of the security and not what you were "told" when moving out. As...

Can a mutual ownership housing classified as other than coop and condominium?

Dear New York Tenant: Mutual Housing Companies are organized in the New York (State) Private Housing Finance Laws. Similar to cooperatives...

Dear Brooklyn Parker: Read these articles and come to your own conclusion or do more research. But the bottom line according to the City is that...

What are my legal rights as a subtenant being kicked out without legal action taken?

Dear New York Tenant: You are not a subtenant if you and your mother live in the same house. You are just an adult child whose mother is taking...

Super of my Unit gave person a lease and keys to apartment. Guy paid deposit. Refuses to sign lease; Won't leave

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: What do you mean by "my unit?" Who signed the lease? Where is the deposit? What is your relation the super and the...