Apartment rental problem

Dear Cortland Tenant: Your landlord does not like written leases so he can control your rent without you having any proof of your...

Is a commercial property required to close off there property entirely?

Dear East Meadow Homeowner: If the adjacent property did not enjoy walk-through rights using your property as right of way, then perhaps you...

I got behind on my storage unit. It will be auction off soon. What happens after this? Do I get a bill for the remaining money ?

Dear Middletown tenant: You mean that you did not pay the rent on a storage unit in a self-service storage facility? If so, the rights of you...

Dear Hicksville Boat Owner: You own a boat in New York and berth at a marina and did not know the marina has a lien on the boat for unpaid rent...

How long must an NYC landlord wait to discard personal property of a tenant after their removal? How long is reasonable notice?

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: Did you know you may have arranged for the City Marshal to remove the tenant's property, and then this would not be your...

Will the tenant be out by end of september 2013 or earlier?

Dear Hempstead Landlord: Your tenant may adjourn the case on the first occasion to hire an attorney. The judge may have the right to decide to...

Do I have to pay one month rent for an apartment I have desist to move to ?

Dear New York tenant: The landlord cannot "make" you pay, but he may try out his claim that your communications somehow created a legal and...

I live in Brooklyn in a building built before 1938 (1931). Our apartment has a cellar addition without egress to the outside.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Withhold the rent and the landlord will sue. If you are not familiar with the complex process in the Housing Court you run...

Is it legal to hold a tenant solely responsible for all repairs of a house if the tenant is only renting an apt inside the house

Dear Peekskill Tenant: A term of a lease is read in context with the entire documents, so you really require `that a lawyer read the lease with...

Is it legal to charge extra rent not specified on lease in NY?

Dear Peekskill Tenant: The rent stated in the lease controls the monthly rent for the duration of the lease. If the lease is drafted in a manner...