Dear House Renter: You should not be surprised that the landlord will not install CO alarms, and fearing for the safety of your family, just do...

Can I get my entire security deposit back in despite having a restoration clause in my lease

Dear Tenant: The key issue is the damage to the floor. The floor may have been protected by sliders on the chairs or in another manner. Whether...

Does a supeona have to be delivered to the person its meant to be for?

Dear Witness: If you are served with a motion to hold you in contempt for failure to comply with a subpoena allegedly served on you (on a...

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Is it necessary that a subpoena be served to the person who its meant to be served to? Or can it be served to anyone at home?

Dear Witness: If you are served with a motion to hold you in contempt for failure to comply with a subpoena allegedly served on you (on a...

Does a supeona have to be delivered to the person its meant to be for?

Dear Witness: If you are served with a motion to hold you in contempt for failure to comply with a subpoena allegedly served on you (on a person...

Dear Tenant: One of the few legal methods for a tenant to "break" a lease in New York, is one provided to a senior citizen to elect to terminate...

What should i do regarding a living situation?

Dear Roommate: As the roommate, (did the notice of petition and petition use your name as "undertenant/respondent" or did the landlord sue "John...

Do I have to file a "Succession Rights/Protection From Eviction" first before going to the "Hearing" a the Housing Courts?

Dear tenant: Do you mean that the landlord started a summary holdover proceeding on a ground that the apartment is not occupied by a proper...

Landlord is asking for additional monthly rent?

Dear Tenant: A landlord cannot raise the rent on its own initiative during the term of a current lease. But a landlord also does not need to...

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Eviction

Dear Tenant: If you are a month to month tenant the landlord is offering one month at a time a written lease that ends at the end of that month....