Dear Albany Resident: Voodoo is not illegal in Albany or any place in New York State. That is because the NYS Legislature does not accept as...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A Rent Stabilized tenant has options when as in your circumstance the landlord was both late with the offer of lease...

Will a motion to enforce stave off statute of limitations on a breached settlement agreement??

Dear New York Plaintiff: The Agreement had to satisfy California law when made not after you researched the issue. If you are correct, the...

Dear Richmond Hill Tenant: It is possible to do so, but there is risk. You do not want the inception date of the lease to be earlier than the...

Do I owe damages, has my landlord forfeited their right to damages?

Dear Manhattan Tenant I gather you negotiated with your landlord and paid all that money without assistance of legal counsel and without taking...

Can my girlfriend be evicted from her house?

Dear Bayshore Tenant Who is the "he" asking you to leave by October 31? Your girlfriend's landlord? At a minimum a tenant without a lease...

How can I get my apartment security deposit back ?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Without information about the identity of your former landlord, an attorney could suggest that the failure to return the...

What can I do if my sibling moved into a house during a pandemic?

Dear Cortland Resident: What do you mean by "...We found out during the pandemic she moved into a condemned house tagged through village and...

Landlord did not return security deposit?

Dear Beacon Tenant: You have the right to contest the landlord's taking a portion of the tenant security deposit in Small Claims Court. Your...

How can I get my eviction in housing removed from public records/expunged?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: There is no useful method available to expunge/conceal/seal/hide a record of the existence of a Housing Court lawsuit....