If my name is on a lease renewal, can my current roommate take me off it?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you are afraid that your co-tenant and landlord may connive to strip you of your tenancy rights, hire an attorney. If...

Do I have any right to sue if I have mold in my apt, could you please tell me if I have rights. Thank You.

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You must take care that your grandson is not injured by exposure to the mold in your apartment. You had the right to an...

Co-op Transfer of Title

Dear Bayshore Executor: The Proprietary Lease controls the transfer of shares and assignment of lease. The shares of stock in the apartment...

Dear Bronx Tenant: A landlord is not allowed to place a security gate at a fire escape window, as free access must be allowed to the fire...

Is it fair in state of nj for members of a condo association to have two votes. They are a husband and wife that own two units ?

Dear New Jersey Condo Owner: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in New York. I do not practice law in New Jersey. Please follow the...

Dear Hyde Park driver: No, it is not proper and the police (NY State Police) have a history of stopping persons believed to impersonate...

Can a town ignore their own land development laws and let someone cause damage to our property

Dear West Monroe Home Owner: When a Board, or Town, or other agency of New York government, state or local. acts outside the bounds of law, or...

No lighting around the garbage can area.

Dear Hyde Park Tenant: A local building code may require that the owner of the building provide for lighting on the exterior of the building. If...

Can I withhold my rent until my ceiling is repaired properly?

Dear Hyde Park Tenant: Your landlord has lulled you into a sense of complacency. With no new complaints filed by you with local government code...

Dear Oceanside Tenant: All the answering attorneys mentioned that you must have verifiable evidence that the landlord rented an "illegal"...