Dear CBL: The tenant will need to produce her lease in any Rent Overcharge proceeding you initiate at the DHCR or show the apartment is not...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: The landlord may commence an eviction lawsuit against you as a Holdover Tenant because you did not deliver vacant...

A NY tenant is entitled to double damages for wrongly withheld tenant security deposit.

Dear Red Hook Tenant Your landlord doesn't evict you. An eviction requires a Judge in a lawsuit to decide if you should be evicted. A defense...

Dear Manhattan Roommate You have a claim for an illegal overcharge if the apartment is Rent Stabilized. If your written agreement with the...

There is no State law that requires screening and screens in windows. One would think with the prevalence of mosquito carried illnesses that...

If you paid rent with cash and your landlord did not provide receipts if you are sued for money based on unpaid rent you will have a legal defense....

Then your sister in law should seek an order from the Surrogate Court to compel the Estate to improve the house for her benefit. Unless the Will...

Dear Manhattan Roommate A tenant enters a status of Holdover upon remaining in possession of the occupied premises without permission of the...

Dear Manhattan Tenant Your assessment seems on the mark. That's bad faith. You clearly were not able to stay in the office simply by ignoring...