Do i have to sign the new lease now? As long as I continue to pay my rent on time, how will this affect my living here?

Dear Poughkeepsie Tenant: As I pointed out to you in the answer to your first question, I suspected that an audit prompted the discovery that...

Can a landlord keep a tenant's switchgear (apartment circuit breakers, main switch, etc.) behind locked doors.

Dear Bronx Tenant: Generally, unless building services for tenants are located in the basement, a basement door should prevent access to the...

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Can SRO tenant in NY with month to month lease give unit to nephew? Am I obligated to rent to nephew?

Dear SRO Landlord: You have to have an attorney on retainer if you are the landlord of an SRO. There are too many issues that require an...

Dear Albany Tenant: When a landlord and a tenant both make critical mistakes at the inception of a tenancy, then anything and everything may go...

What are the steps needed to file a lawsuit against ex-tenants that destroyed and modified (w/out permission) my house?

Dear Syracuse Home Owner: If you really believe that the people who destroyed your house during their tenancy are worth chasing through the...

I live in an apartment building. My apt is a studio, very small. However my con ed bill is coming 300.00 to 800.00 a month.

Dear Jamaica Tenant: ConEd is required to verify the meter reading and make certain that no other connections are made to to the meter that are...

30 day letter to vacate

Dear Astoria Nanny: If you live together with the tenants in a basement apartment, then likely the apartment was never lawful as a dwelling, and...

Dear Stuyvesant Town Subtenant: You have been deceived. Your tenant likely does not have legal consent from the landlord to sublease. That is...

Landlord marks timely payments "past due" - what to do, if anything?

Dear New York Tenant: Your landlord is doing this as a matter of its business practice. This is an intentional and deceptive business...

I told my tenant not renewing her lease this Oct. Should I send her a letter in writing? I need to be careful with her

Dear Portland Landlord: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York. I do not practice law in Maine. Maine has a unique statute...