Can I terminate my apartment lease early if my landlord fails to repair a heating pipe?

Dear Flushing Tenant: In NYS a tenant is always free to move out from an apartment for a good reason or for no reason, and take the chance the...

Can the landlord evict me if I'm a subtenant to my girlfriend? What are my rights?

Dear Utica Resident: If you paid a share of the tenant's rent directly to the landlord and not directly to the tenant, you are a tenant of the...

That is going to be an argument the judge will find interesting since the Court set the method for service and as easily as directing USPS...

Is it legal for my leasing agency to withhold information regarding their pet policy?

Dear Baldwinsville Tenant: A management policy cannot take away tenant rights secured by a written lease. What does the lease state about pets?...

Dear Phoenicia Home Owner: Is this the ZBA Agenda for the Area Variance request by your neighbors?...

Dear South Dayton Tenant: Likely, it makes no difference to the local USPS Postmaster that the landlord placed a "legal" or an "illegal"...

It's Saturday and I'm Freaking out who can I call to make sure this is a mistake.

Perhaps if you identify the court by name some answering attorney could look up the courthouse contact phone numbers for you. If you had a criminal...

You should consult with a local attorney. You may have a swifter path to eviction by a Supreme Court action in ejectment than in an ordinary run of...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Print out all the lease renewal documents including the version you signed. Save a PDF documents and show those files to...

Can you take your neighbor to court for refusing to put down carpeting due to excessive noise?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You must reside within a Rent Stabilized building, otherwise the landlord would solve the problem merely by not renewing...