Dear Brooklyn Tenant: "Succession" tenancies work only for rent regulated apartments. If your family lived in a rent regulated apartment for 25...

Dear Saratoga Springs Owner: If the ex husband is a "tenant" then likely a ten day notice to quit is not sufficient and that would help to...

Can I file a law suit against my landlord?

Dear Bronx Tenant: You should visit the local office of DHCR to review the rent history for your apartment. You should bring with you a copy of...

The landlord gave me a holdover paper

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: It is often discovered by the tenant later in the lawsuit that the mistake in not making a formal answer to the petition...

Dear New York Tenant: No. The landlord's lease provision is void against public policy. In other words, the landlord cannot invoke that lease...

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Can i get my security deposit back if i never moved in the house.

Dear Syracuse Tenant: Without a lease and a home to rent, this person stole money by fraud and deceit. You may involve the police because Small...

I want to open a daycare in a leased home but the owners are afraid they could be held liable.

Dear Wellsville Tenant: You require a license issued by New York State to operate a Child Care (daycare)...

It's not in the lease, can i do it?

Dear Niagara Falls Tenant: You figured the problem out for yourself. The lease does not have a provision dealing with having a cat. The landlord...

Landlord and other tenant problems

Dear Niagara Falls tenant: Only a court of competent jurisdiction may determine whether the landlord is allowed a judgment for possession in a...

Dear Jamestown Tenant: Your landlord is not required to disclose a condition of unsafe habitability, because your landlord is compelled by New...