Please hire a lawyer. The New York State law that sets out the procedure of a rent nonpayment proceeding excluded fees late fees and legal fees...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant I am not able to find a statute or lease clause that allows a tenant to do so. The relative in the apartment is not...

No. The Notice of Petition is the inception of the lawsuit. The Petition must state the date of tenancy termination and the method of termination...

Perhaps if the lease requires advance notice to break. Otherwise the tenancy seems month to month. You paid rent for the month that began on April...

No. I have never done that. If you were a client I would not support doing so. The fact that you have posted the question suggests that you are...

No. There is no such thing as legally kicking out anyone. All forms of eviction claims are done in a court of competent jurisdiction. You would...

No. The rules are not the same. The procedure for an appeal in a landlord and tenant matter from Town Court to County Court is governed by the...

If your partner and you are at loggerheads negotiating custody, you could try for mediation or binding arbitration. But if you are going to...

Dear Mt. Vernon Property Owner Although Mt. Vernon has not chosen to adopt the New York State Good Cause Eviction Law, a ninety day notice...

Dear Endicott Tenant Without a Tenant Security Deposit there is no statute to compel a landlord to provide an itemization for claimed damages...