Can new landlords ask for a security deposit

Dear tenant: If you are a month to month tenant, your tenancy is based on the terms and conditions of the expired written lease. The lease...

Dear Mr. Marco Caviglia. About your reply.

Dear Lori: A landlord even a landlord of a mobile home park, is allowed to use the legal process to evict a tenant for a breach of lease and or...

Conflict of Interest Notarizing Affidavit of Service

Dear Asker: Although this may not be a conflict of interest (in fact, nearly usual in small offices, when service is made by mail an attorney...

Is it illegal to paintball in yonkers public parks

Dear Asker: Paintball does not appear to be allowed in any Yonkers park. http://www.cityofyonkers.com/Index.aspx?page=259 Good luck.

I want to brake my apartment lease.

Dear Tenant: Mr. DeMaria provided an excellent answer. New York does not provide a right to a tenant to "break" a lease (but for some...

Dear Asker: New York State considers most pellet guns whether pistol or rifle as a firearm, and the rules are complex, and may also involve...

Sublet. My tenant/roomate was just arrested. Does this count as bailing on the lease

Dear landlord: Unless the written lease provided that incarceration even if temporary constitutes a default of an obligation of tenancy, that...

My dad and step-mom are kicking my brother and I out of the house. I do pay rent and I don't owe them anything.

Dear tenant: Your parents, just like any real landlord, cannot kick you out, as you are a tenant and pay rent. Your parents must use the legal...

Maintennce on my co-op is 52% of my annual income of 40,000.00. +an assessment in April or May. the maintenance raises yearly

Dear Shareholder: There are no specific programs for elderly fixed-income cooperative shareholders to freeze or lower the maintenance or monthly...

What if the fine and penalty for an unregistered building?

Dear Tenant: Whatever the fine or penalty may be, is usually not relevant to the tenant seeking to defend a tenancy against either a nonpayment...