Yes. Your own landlord may continue to require mask use in common areas. https://www.nytimes.com/article/nyc-mask-mandate-rules.html The...

You have a way out of your horrible living situation if you choose to surrender the dwelling to the landlord before the 14-day period of the Rent...

Perhaps you have not conducted an eviction. Without the NYC Marshal, you hired to perform the execution of the court-issued eviction warrant, you...

Do you mean by 14 days the landlord served a Rent Demand? If so, the landlord wants to have the local tenant and landlord court involved in the...

Okay. You will not know without demanding that the landlord return or refund the money. Your "deposit" seems to be a "Hold Deposit ", that is to...

New York Housing Law is territorial. That means simply governed only by NYS law. Any eviction lawsuit is governed by the NYS Real Property Action...

No. No. No. No. The basement apartment is illegal (in nearly 100% of basement rentals) in NYC. That means it is against The Law to live in the...

Verbal agreements even with an eye [hearing] witness mean nothing to the utility provider that has a written contract with you.

Please share the documents, the Small Claims Summons, the leases, rent invoices, and record of rent payment with an attorney. Based only upon the...

Unless he paid rent to you, you do not have a landlord and tenant relationship. NYS eviction procedure law does not recognize an oral or verbal or...