Dear Manhattan Tenant: You are a tenant the same as your three co-tenants if you are named as a tenant and also signed the lease as a tenant....

Buying a coop in NY questions

Dear Flushing Co-op Purchaser: You must retain your own attorney. You wrote: "She will be with me in the contract as buyer." If so, the...

If theres a commercial vehicle parked inside a gated parking spot, can that vehicle get a summons from the Department of Buildi?

Dear Bronx Property Owner: NYPD tickets improperly parked vehicles, even commercial vehicles parked in a residential neighborhood at a...

When Governor Cuomo set August 20th as the date for evictions, I wanted to know if that is still true or did he push it back aga

Dear Buffalo Property Owner: You confused a moratorium on evictions due to nonpayment of rent, and the right of a landlord to initiate a...

Has there been an extension on no evictions past August 20. 2020?

Dear Buffalo Property Owner: Evictions remain on hold due to the last Executive Order published last week. There is no barrier commencing a...

Dear NYCHA Occupant: You have need for an attorney. NYCHA apartments are not passed along, even to family members without the remaining family...

What legal recourse do I have against my sister who has essentially trashed the house?

Dear Glen Spy Resident: Likely, you require a determination from the Surrogate's Court to remove your sister as Executor and substitute you as...

How can I find out if a civil defendant has secured a specific law firm to represent them, without alerting them of lawsuit?

Dear Manhattan Plaintiff: Dependent on the sophistication of your soon-to-be defendant, reasonable suspicion of the event of a possible...

Dear Staten Island Tenant: The "landlord" has control over the walls and ceilings of the common hallway you share with your out-of-control...

What do I do with landlord repeatedly entering my unit without notice (long island, new york)?

Dear Levittown Tenant: Your landlord does not know that a lease for renting residential property (a whole house lease) is a two-headed legal...