Dear Brooklyn Tenant In Brooklyn your right to not pay rent because a Certificate of Occupancy is required and your building is not in...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Please don't ask a lawyer to guess if the notice of intent to not renew the lease based on the owner's claims of personal...

It is not illegal. But may very well be a breach of the lease, and an actual partial eviction if your mother rented the entire property. If she is...

Since you lived with these horrible people longer than thirty days you have legal rights guaranteed by NY State law to hold your ground and not...

If the water shut down was an intentional activity to drive you out of the building, then the response is that your landord cannot do that. Report...

It's possible. Just because he said he will sue does not mean he has a legal claim; if you receive legal papers, you will deal with his claim for...

Dear Bronx Home Owner: We do not know what will happen. The neighbor may not have a legal right to build a new house up to the lot line. I...

No. It is not. Ninety days minimum advance written notification. Do you have faith that the landlord is smart enough to get a lawyer?

Dear Manhattan Property Owner: There are a set of complicated decisions on the ability to carry over a tenancy termination notice from one...

Dear Staten Island Tenant: Why? The time to seek an Illegal Lockout Order to Show Cause Brooklyn Housing Court is when you are locked out....