Our landlord's attorney offered us a settlement, but there was no mention of our security

Dear tenant: If you are negotiating a settlement and you want to include the return to you of your security deposit, don't keep that thought to...

How do I start the process of evicting my sister.

Dear Brother who wants to evict sister and her children: Your sister is an unwanted guest. Unwanted guests are considered in New York (landlord...

Can i be charge gas and water bill

Dear Tenant's Son: Your question raises multiple issues, and an attorney offering an answer in an online public forum cannot really help you...

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My landlord took, and refuses to return, my professional equipment in an unlawful eviction. Can I sue him for loss of work?

Dear Tenant: You are already in litigation and all your requests for relief were denied, but you offered no reason, why a New York court, would...

Can you please let me know how to put my name on the deed to our home in New York?

Dear Owner: Your husband's mortgage may prohibit a transfer of an ownership interest and may call the mortgage into default if a change in...

Dear Tenant with a Ghost: I am an attorney licensed in New York. I do not practice law in South Carolina (even though I spent a part of one year...

Dear mother of an 18 year old commercial tenant: I am an attorney licensed in New York. I do not practice law in Florida. No 18 year old, no...

Landlord- tenant: How can tenant get access to affidavit of service of petition nonpayment?

Dear Tenant: You are not going to have a Traverse Hearing on your first court date, and you will not have a traverse hearing if your answer to...

My landlord never informed me where he deposited my security deposit or if he even put it in a bank account. Did he break thelaw

Dear Tenant: You may write a letter to the landlord and request the name and address of the financial institution where the landlord maintains...

What should I do about my landlord avoiding an Air Quality Test?

Dear tenant: All things being equal you would be served better by a report conducted by the indoor environment expert you hire rather than the...