I doubt the surveillance is legal by the terms of your commercial lease. Go back to the attorney you used to negotiate the lease.

Dear Amsterdam Tenant: In my experience money owed for labor is not recognized by judges dealing with eviction cases based on nonpayment of rent...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You may have made your own personal and private LAW with a lease rider where you promised to paint the apartment upon...

Dear Richfield Springs Tenant: Your landlord may say anything he has to say, but to BE LEGAL a NY State Rent Demand is ALWAYS written, provides...

Dear Levittown Tenant: You could learn that your apartment is not legal to use as a private residence within a legal one-family house. For legal...

Dear Greenville Tenant: Inquire about the legal status of the apartment with the local code enforce officer New York State law requires the...

Dear Albany Tenant If you believe that you are entitled to one month rent abatement, hiring an attorney to negotiate with the landlord makes...

If the loss of the computer (obviously by theft if the Apple claims that video shows the computer was picked up at the store) was in October 2019...

Dear Mechanicville Tenant: I will guess by "old landlord" you described a person who is not your landlord, today. If so, then today it makes no...

Then when in court you may very likely face a dismissal based on laches even if you are within the statute of limitations. You may have a cause of...