Dear Manhattan Tenant: If you are a Rent Stabilized tenant there is no increase in the legal rent when you assert your statutory right as a...

Dear Manhattan Landlord: Generally, in NYC the Administrative Code forbids a Landlord renting out a single room to a tenant. Where is the...

Generally, it is not legal in NYC for a landlord to rent an individual room within an apartment. Where is the kitchen? Where is the...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: You answered some questions raised by your earlier question. Now we know you are a tenant with a Roommate and not a...

There is no law preventing taking photographs from a public street. It is trespass to enter your property without your permission to do so. You...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: The end of the Statewide State of Emergency creates the closing date for an eviction court in a nonpayment proceeding to...

In New York State you could rely on California law if the contract provided that California Law applies to any matter of dispute in relation to the...

What is the benefit to you and your daughter that she inherit the house from your shady brother-in-law and not from you? You define "Shady". How...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: There are at least two flavors of J-51 tax abatements in NYC apartment buildings. One exists in a building already...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Entering the apartment without permission and touching your stuff, is a crime. Your landlord is a burglar or a trespasser....