Tenant signed a lease and is paying for a $30,000 renovation in exchange for reduced rent. Now tenant found another apartment...

Dear New York Landlord: Hopefully the lease anticipated events of a breach. Your circumstances are so far beyond normal that a sit-don...

Can we be legally evicted from a house we receive mail at?

Dear Buffalo resident: You are clear that you are not a tenant, as you did not mention that you and your husband pay his sister to live in her...

I moved into a basement just found out its illegal the boiler is down here I've been paying my rent but they won't fix anything

Dear Jamaica Tenant: If you are absolutely certain the basement apartment is illegal, save your life and get out. Any lawyer who does not first...

Can I get out of my lease?

Dear Altoona Tenant: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York. I do not practice law in Pennsylvania. I think I understood the...

Not sure if my sublease is valid. Should I leave?

Dear New York Tenant: You should hire an attorney. Regardless of the words used in the cut and paste document cobbled from the Internet,...

I have been sued in a small claims civil suit-for allegations of rent not being paid in the months of Jan., July, & Aug. of 2010

Dear New York Tenant: You should follow the procedure for vacating a default judgment in the Small Claims...

Can I be evicted if I refuse to pay a rent increase due to someone else moving out?

Dear Brooklyn Roommate: If you pay rent to a tenant, then you are a roommate, not a subtenant. As a "roommate" your legal status is that of...

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Does SRO tenant only has a verbal month to month lease automatically have rights over backyard?

Dear New York SRO Landlord: If the tenant has had use and access to the backyard entered only through the tenant's apartment, then it may be...

My landlord won't provide me with a YTD rental history for an apartment application I would like to rent. My rent is up to date

Dear Bronx Tenant: In addition to your own canceled checks, your monthly rent invoices for the YTD should report the rent due without prior...

Do we have valid lawsuit against the Landlord and contractors for grand larceny and gross negligence? What are steps to file?

Dear LIC Tenant: The police report will help you press a claim on the landlord's insurance and your own homeowner insurance. If your insurance...