I have a roommate who is not on the lease that refuses to pay rent or bills. What is the fastest way to evict?

Dear New York Tenant: If you are a tenant named on the lease with the landlord and you are otherwise in compliance with the statute authorizing...

What are tenants rights when it comes to an infestation before they move in?

Dear Bayshore: Are you the broker? agent? Landlord? The cheapest easiest and lease messy route would end the tenancy and return the tenants'...

I have a month to month tenancy and have been in my apt for 12 years. my landlord wants to evict us for irreconcilable

Dear Springville Tenant: Your calls to the police for illegal conduct at the landlord's bar in the next door building may not qualify for a...

How can you determine a monetary amount for damages by a tenant if the item damaged is not being replaced (NY State)?

Dear Syracuse Home Owner: It is your home and you could choose to avoid repairing a noticeable injury to the vinyl floor. If you do, you let the...

After a landlord has refused to renew the lease, can you refuse them access to the property until you vacate the premises?

Dear Elmhurst Tenant: Are you entitled to a renewal lease? if you are rent stabilized, the landlord cannot refuse to renew the l;ease. If your...

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: Hire an attorney because your knowledge of your rights as a landlord in NYC is limited to what you believe to be true...

Can I not pay rent untill they fix my apartment the way it was 3 years ago when I moved in.

Dear Rego Park tenant: You are the tenant of an owner of a cooperative apartment. Hopefully, you have a lease, because without a lease a...

In the state of New York, does text message or email qualify as proper form and delivery of notice to enter an apartment?

Dear Buffalo Tenant: Unless the less allows for communications by text, then your landlord's behavior may be criminal. As there is already a...

What are my rights as a tennant?

Dear Clayton Tenant: If you cannot get around to seeing a local attorney to take your claim against your landlord violating the covenant of...

I live with my parents rent free and am disabled they asked me to move out.

Dear Schenectady Resident: You might have left out your parents' motivation for forcing out from their home a disabled child without making any...