Kitchen will be not be ready on the start date of lease?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: If you intend to postpone the lease commencement/inception/move-in date, you need consent from the landlord and likely a...

Dear Elmont Homeowner: Nassau County Code Enforcement penalties are huge. You require a lawyer: Penalties for offenses. A. Any person,...

Dear Albany Tenant: What did police do? If you are arrested charged with a crime only due to an illegal eavesdropping audio recording, your...

Dear Albany Tenant You should organize other tenants in this large building perhaps with the help of an attorney or tenant association to...

Do I have to show my landlord my utility bills?

Dear Manhattan Tenant Only within the context of a lawsuit in Housing Court will an ordinary landlord secure authority by Court ordered...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Old cases filed, even if dropped are not removed from the NYC Housing Court database. A NYS landlord is not allowed (that...

When does the eviction moratorium end?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: Whenever the eviction moratorium ends is just part of the process. You must secure a new warrant of eviction, the...

Can I get evicted or my stuff thrown out if my lease ends in July & the Landlord does not want to renew it ?

Dear Glen Cove Tenant No landlord of any residential dwelling anywhere in NYS has authority to conduct an eviction without judicial...

How long is a suit for specific performance after Covid-19? how soon do you file it?

Dear Brooklyn Purchaser: The contract controls the right to set a Closing date and to declare a default in event of a failure to close. You...

No. That is not enforceable. Where are you going to sue? How do you know the apartment was irregularly deregulated?