Dear Manhattan Tenant Why should you care? Utility and other add-on charges are excluded from the legal definition of Rent as stated in the...

Is threatening a landlord with legal action over illegal rent deregulation if they do not return a security deposit a crime?

Dear Manhattan Tenant Isn't it simpler to preserve the claim of unlawful deregulation and file a complaint with the NYS Attorney General or sue...

Do I need to hire a lawyer?

Dear Flushing Resident: What does this mean? "The residential company does not exist anymore." I gather you referred to solar panels damaged...

Dear Brooklyn Rider: Sure you could sue in Small Claims Court; you will be met with a defense of contributory negligence, not locking up and...

Dear Elmira Resident and Property Owner: I doubt your neighbor has any say at all about your maintenance of the "paper street" and you could...

Dear Brooklyn Litigant: But the Court will not know you have no connection to the Summons, to the business sued and to the events described in...

Am I in legal right after termination of lease agreement (roommates only) signed before termination w/landlord?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: An attorney must look over your written agreements. Your statement suggests you alone have a lease with the landlord and...

Dear Flushing Tenant: Yes. Your experience seems to fit in with the new NYC Local Law intended to protect tenants from landlord harassment....

What are our rights to remain in a rental home that our landlord is trying to sell?

Dear Austerlitz Tenant: Hire an attorney, because you will need a lawyer by your side to deal with the newest daily insult to your tenancy...

COVID Tenant Eviction?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner I gather your Holdover Summary Proceeding was resolved by Stipulation prior to March 17 2020. You wouldn't...