Dear Friend of a Bronx Tenant: A Squatter is a person who intruded and trespassed onto real property without the permission and consent of the...

Dear Jamaica Co-op Shareholder Is that penalty stated in the Proprietary Lease, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations? Please show those documents...

What is the average transaction fee for buying a home worth $930,000 in NYC?

The entire transaction should appear in the Closing Disclosure form:...

Can I sue my roommates if I don't get my security deposit?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Your co-tenants who remain do not owe a security deposit to you. They were never custodians of the tenant security...

Can i ask the 19 year old brother to sign a waiver to relinquish his squatter rights and vacate the bedroom voluntarily?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: No. Your plan could result in a claim of illegal eviction and a violation of the New York State Illegal Eviction statute....

Can my neighbor record me on my driveway and post it online?

Dear Staten Island Home Owner Perhaps the parents of the next door spy in diapers may intervene to alleviate your distress.

Is my landlord allowed to use other people to harass me about unpaid rent? Can she avoid eviction by manipulating my father?

Dear Deer Park Tenant If you knew better than assaulting your drunk father acting in the capacity as goon in service to your criminal...

NYC Eviction Moratorium?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: The Hardship Declaration stay affecting pending and recently filed Housing Court matters ends on May 1, 2021. The State...

Can a money judgment against me be overturned if I prove that the creditor acted illegally and thus abrogated his contract me?

Generally, relief from a judgment entered following a trial or by a motion is through an appeal. Ordinarily, a judgment is not set aside by...

Dear Bronx Tenant: You could allow the NYC Fair Housing decide that your landlord committed violations of the NYS and NYC Human Rights Law by...