I have been renting a room for 4 months and i just learned that the person i am renting from isn't supposed to rent out a room

Dear Manhattan Tenant: You wrote: "...person I am renting from isn't supposed to rent out a room..." but you did not provide a reason. Why is...

Beating Judicial Deferrence

Just read the opinion of the NY State Court of Appeals in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer...

Can I get advice on what to do and what can or cannot happen?

Dear Malone Friend of a Parent: It seems your friend has never resolved the terms and conditions of legal custody of the children with their...

When can i sell my former tenants property?

Dear Rochester Landlord: New York State law does not set up a definition for abandoned personal property left behind by a former tenant and so...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: How about you define what you mean by low income apartment? Do you mean an apartment at NYCHA? A Rent Stabilized...

Dear Rockville Centre Tenant: Did your tenancy exist before the cooperative conversion or do you rent from a person who owns the...

What legal action can be taken against a person who throws out your stuff.

Who is the person? A spouse, a roommate, a landlord? Were you also booted out from a housing accommodation along with your thrown out stuff?...

Can I divide my room?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Generally, room division is not legal in the sense the DOB would interpret legal unless each room has its own light and...

Do I have succession rights when the landlord acknowledges me as the rightful tenant in a settlement proposal?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Why did you not ask your attorney? Your attorney would tell you that terms of a settlement proposal made within a process...

Your out-of-state partner, responding to a motion in a lawsuit when he was not served, without making a cross-motion to vacate the default...