We gave our tenants a verbal notice to terminate instead of 30 days we gave them 3 months is this valid in holdover court in NY?

Dear Bayshore Landlord: If you provided "verbal" notice then you just let three more months tick by without a single required step forward to...

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Dear New Paltz Client: New York State requires an attorney provide a new client with a written letter of engagement or a written retainer...

Tenant lease expired and was given notice months advance non renewal and must vacate apartment, what legal notice can I give?

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: Preserve your rights to start an eviction proceeding in June 2013 by serving a proper thirty day tenancy termination...

Breaking my lease

Dear New York Tenant: Do not do anything on your own. New York does not allow a tenant to break a lease and so, a tenant departing without a...

Is it too late after signing a buyout

Dear New York Tenant: Whatever you may contemplate doing to undo an agreement already done requires a personal and confidential consultation...

If i have no criminal record, and no prior criminal arrests what can i expect from a filing a false complaint ?

Dear Walton New York Tenant: You must hire a criminal defense attorney. You have come to the attention of the local police. Your landlord will...

Could my family be evicted from a false complaint?

Dear Shirley Home Renter: You do not know if the complaint is false as both your landlord's tenants were served by representative of the...

IS my sublease valid if I got it through someone that doesn't have an original lease from the landlord or maybe expired lease?

Dear Brooklyn Subtenant: When you raise your voice to the landlord and announce your presence in the apartment, the landlord is more likely to...

If I've been over-charged on my sublease by a co-op shareholder, as per their bylaws, can I recover money?

Dear Over Charged Subtenant: Are you living in a Mitchell-Lama cooperative or a Housing Development Fund Corporation cooperative? If so, then...

Dear Brooklyn Landlord: You would have saved a load of trouble for yourself had you simply used the common route to evict a tenant not paying...

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