I singed a lease May 2011- June 2012 and after that I never signed another lease or have month-month. Do I need to give 30days?

Dear vacating month to month tenant: Your landlord did not provide a proper notice for a rent increase in a month to month tenancy, but you are...

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Can the board evict a rent-controlled tenant based on their nuisance? They are harassing my family to force us to move.

Dear tenant: In order to be a rent controlled tenant, your neighbor bullying family had to be a tenant in the building earlier than 1971, and...

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Security Deposit

Dear Tenant: You asked the same question last week, but you left out the important information that you had already moved out and that this...

Should I ask for my money back from the court that were collected for an illegal sublet in RS building by illusion main tenant?

Dear overcharged subtenant: You may have valuable claims for damages for a rent overcharge, for a claim to the apartment because of a defense...

Can i rent out my house although I've defaulted on my mortgage?

Dear Owner: Does your mortgage require that you occupy your house as a primary residence? Your agreement with the lender likely provided that...

I as a landlord, my building is a legal 5 family house, but the old owner had converted it for a illegal 7 family house

Dear owner: Is this issue in litigation now? if so, then you likely know that the general rule holds that if at any time the building contained...

If a three-day notice states a specific rent, but the landlord's attorney hands the judge another higher amount. Is that fair?

Dear Tenant: This happens all the time. The rent demand contains the statement of the rent owed at the time of the default in the rent payment....

Does the statute of limitations apply in a case where: a father sells property that was on his daughter's name and doesn't give

Dear Asker: If there is a chance to sue that chance lies in claiming a fraud was committed and that the adult daughter had was not aware of the...

Is there a nys or county law that limits the amount of people that can reside in a two bedroom apartment?

Dear Tenant: New York law prohibits discriminating in rental housing because a tenant has children. That does not mean that a local law such as...

Can you fight a judgement against you from your landlord when you were not in the state and did not receive papers

Dear Tenant: If you left New York and owed money to your landlord, your landlord may have properly sued you in either Civil Court (if the claim...