How do i take landlord to court for not completing relocation.

Dear Bronx Tenant: If you did not have a written agreement, or keep a lease for the original apartment, or did not have a court order allowing...

Can my landlady evict me from a room in a two story house?

Dear Bronx Tenant: If you are a tenant, and you did not pay rent, the landlord is allowed by law to serve a legal notice known as a rent demand...

I'm living in an illegal apt, 2 months later, she took out ac during heat wave, part of agreement, now there is not hot water.

Dear Spring Valley Tenant: A tenant renting an illegal apartment is not obligated to pay rent in most circumstances. If you are certain the...

I received an eviction notice in New York. I think I have six days to act. What is my next step to file for an extension?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Your next step is to stop the City Marshal from executing the warrant of eviction. The City Marshal will not know about...

How do I get them to turn off the bird cannons at night so I can sleep?

Dear Hector Resident: Likely, your "sleep" is less important to the vineyard operators than protecting the grapes from wildlife. But you can...

Dear New York Tenant: New York State does not regulate the "free market" and landlords and tenants are allowed to make their own agreements. But...

Dear Buffalo Tenant: I believe that you asked the same question a few month ago. There is no "law" to compel a neighbor to act less selfish. But...

Can my landlord sue me for backrent?

Dear New York Tenant: New York State law does not provide a tenant with a remedy of self-help, when the landlord commits a breach of the...

Dear Port Jefferson Station Landlord: New York State is fair unrestricted about the terms a landlord and a tenant may agree to in a lease....

Brooklyn, ny: tenant lease expires 12/31/13 - i am not renewing it & want tenant out. i am looking for a letter to send.

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: If the apartment is rent stabilized you must offer the tenant a renewal lease not earlier than 150 days before the end...