Dear Brooklyn Shareholder: Not as long as yours has been. The Cooperative should hire a lawyer. See:...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: So mail to your landlord. File with the Court Clerk....

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Dear Manhattan Tenant: You offer too few facts to work with. Did the other "roomers" leave? Is the apartment Rent Stabilized? Have you secured...

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Dear Manhattan Tenant: I gather your uncle was the tenant of record and the person who signed renewal leases before he moved out. Has anything...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant The ordinary method to "break" a lease, walking away, isn't available to you, because your co-tenant expects to live...

Dear Buffalo Tenant The problem with a verbal agreement is words written on the wind. No sooner spoken then gone in the breeze. A landlord...

Dear Manhattan Tenant There is no right in contract law for one party unilateral nullification. A contract in its simplest concept is a...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Same as you. There is no reason for a Preferential Rent Rider in a market-rate apartment. Preferential Rent is a notion...

Dear Long Island City Tenant: No. It is not alright to retain any portion of the security deposit based on the information you provided. The...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: How could/would you pay rent and a security deposit without a lease? If as you say you did no more than complete an...