Dear Brooklyn Tenant Your legal choice is Brooklyn Housing Court, an HP Proceeding. Look that up at nyc housing court hp proceeding. That is a...

If I have a refundable hold deposit on an apt, can the leasing agent put it back on the market?

Dear Manhattan Tenant Ordinarily, a prospective tenant has little wiggle room in a negotiation with a landlord's agent on terms of a written...

Dear Judy Kruk: If your boyfriend lent your metal detector to another person without your permission, he owes you for the lost item, amazingly...

Dear Buffalo Landlord: Your "service" of the termination notice isn't dependent upon the tenant signing for certified mail. Did you use Return...

Can I sue my roommate for partial utilities if we share an illegal apartment?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Nothing stops you from starting a lawsuit even if the lawsuit is bound for dismissal as frivolous and not stating a cause...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant There is no such thing as a "legal" surprise bill. If not in the lease, it isn't legitimate. If your landlord steals money...

Start with the Department of Transportation, your local Community Planning Board and local member of the City Council. The Black Lives Matter...

Are you looking at an electronically filed sealed criminal indictment from 2019 in the SDNY?

Dear Burnt Hills Tenant Your sister isn't your Roommate. She is your cotenant. The lease acted as a conveyance of Real Property to you and your...

Can my landlord charge me 2 month termination fee after communicating over mail that it was one month?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Yes. You have recourse. You want an attorney to review the vague [ambiguous, unclear] lease relating to a tenant's right...