Upcoming PrePandemic Court Appearance Scheduled in Sept,Will I Be Evicted?

Dear Flushing Tenant: I gather you are a self-represented litigant (no attorney) and your landlord (or landlord's attorney) made a Motion in the...

How do I return my grandmother's property back to her name and cancel the deed in which her nephew set up in his name?

Was the deed recorded? If not, then your grandmother even while living in a nursing home owned her home. The "deed" was "fraudulent" since title...

Can we get our rent deposit back?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant It is not necessarily wrong. Your lease predated the effective date of the new statute regulating tenant security...

Dear Manhattan Tenant If your tenancy is not Rent Stabilized you need to negotiate a rent concession for the duration of the work project....

Dear Buffalo Tenant: Consulting an attorney is likely not cost effective, since at most you are entitled to recover double-damages for the...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: In any ordinary tenancy paying rent after expiration of the lease creates a month to month tenancy. In a Rent...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: What did you mean by "...I have no written documentation for the sublet..."? Do you mean you and your tenant did not sign...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Move out. That is what you are required to do when the lease runs out and is not renewed. As long as you stay after the...

Can i legal get out of a lease for a build that shakes extremely?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: If you and other tenants call 311 and report the building shaking you may draw out the attention of a Department of...

Dear Brooklyn Parents: Unfortunately, NYC Housing Court may turn away any form of eviction proceeding on grounds that the Housing Court does not...