Dear Former NYCHA Tenant: If the project manager gave keys to a person claiming authority from you to enter the apartment, but did not confirm...

New York State does not recognize the existence of a common law marriage. The girlfriend is not in a legal line of inheritance. A person entitled...

Do I have a valid case in small claims court? Will the fees be expensive?

Dear New York Claimant: Go online. Look up Small Claims Court fees for the county in New Jersey where your ex now lives. You seem well aware you...

What is the best way to have sublets move out?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: You were not at all clear if anyone actually uses the residential apartment for actual living purposes, since you took...

Can landlord raise rent during covid 19 and by what% of rent due ?

The "freehand" to raise rent ends when the proposed increase is equal to or greater than 5% of the current rent. An increase proposed above the...

Dear Manhattan Property Owner: You must have an attorney to commence and litigate a commercial tenant nonpayment summary proceeding in the Civil...

Dear Lowville Parents: You said your daughter is the registered owner, and so, that suggests, the horse is legally her personal property....

Dear Bronx Administrator: The question: "...Can she claim squatter rights..." is automatic. That is not up to the Occupant and not up to the...

Your mother owns the house. You are a tenant. In the relationship of tenant to landlord, a breach of the lease allows the tenant to move out. That...

Is it legal in New York City to chop down a bush and leave it in your front yard. Thank you for replying.

Dear Brooklyn Home Owner: Leaving yard waste in the front yard is legal up until the time a summons is issued for failure to remove or maintain...