Is the downpayment on a home part of the investment, or is it just a deposit?

The "down payment" is part and parcel of the entire purchase price. Just look at your contract. You contributed the cash that induced a bank to...

Dear NYCHA Tenant If you are a known member of the household, your occupancy is recorded on the annual income certification affidavit....

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Generally, an apartment lease in NYC does not state the number of rooms and number of bedrooms. The apartment is rented...

Can I sue for double rent?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: There is no barrier to a lawsuit other than the money and time invested unless already barred by a court or by a...

Can a landlord let your girl renew a lease with out you?

Dear Mount Vernon Tenant: If you relinquished your tenancy and the landlord then re-rents the apartment to "your girl" that rental has nothing...

Can I be billed for a wall heater repair in a co-op?

Dear Proprietary Lessee: The proprietary lease should describe the individual apartment heating units as elements subject to a building wide...

Sorry. If you succeeded in court that's because you proved the necessary material elements of the Holdover Petition. A component of your evidence...

Dear Manhattan Tenant Generally, the three main credit rating companies do not register unpaid rent as an item impacting a credit rating. The...

Dear Manhattan Tenant Generally, the boilerplate terms of a written lease define 'Tenant' as you described the term explained in the Rider....

My landlord is trying to evict me, do I have a case?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: If your ex husband pay the rent there is no eviction proceeding. Is the apartment Rent Stabilized? If so, your lawyer...