WHo is responsible for smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in a single family home?

Dear Baldwin tenant: The landlord is required to provide a house with working CO detectors and smoke alarms....

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My neighbour is being stupid

Dear New York Property Owner: You may have your hands full if the neighbor filed the complaint with the New York City Commission on Human...

EVICTION. I live in Brooklyn New York

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Your attorney is in possession of your file, familiar with your case and order to show cause, and knows the name of the...

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What are my rights in NYS with a 30 day notice with conditions that if rent is late it will turn into a 3 day?

Dear Plattsburgh Tenant: If your 3 day notice is a rent demand you have three choices: pay the rent amount as demanded; move out; or defend the...

I have a Body Attachment Warrant due to my failure to respond to a subpoena indirectly served while outside the USA. Ex parte.

Dear Stony Point Asker: A judge issued a warrant to bring you to court because you did not appear as directed by an Information Subpoena. A...

Can NYC landlord request rent payments from july 2010-March 2011 (Clerical error - their side)?

Dear New York Tenant: Amazingly, New York does not require that a landlord send a rent bill to the tenant so that the rent is paid. In New York...

Can i enter the apartment if the tenant texts me she is mailing me the keys?? she was to be evicted in 5 days

Dear Carmen: Do not enter the apartment before the marshal executes the warrant of eviction. If you do so, you will undo the legal possession...

As a tenant Do I need to apply for a Yellowstone Injunction for a Notice to cure for insurance?

Dear New York Commercial tenant: Initiating a Yellowstone proceeding to enjoin the notice to cure is a decision best left to the tenant and the...

Can my landlord refuse payment if im not on the lease even tho her attorneys addressed a letter to me asking for rent ??

Dear Long Island City Roommate: A roommate under New York State law does not acquire any legal interest in the rented apartment against the...

I rented my home to one family but two families moved in. This is a violation of the lease

Dear Greenport Landlord: You should review this issue with your attorney. Your tenant is not "subletting" the house in the legal concept,...

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