Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Residential leases in NY do not provide early termination provisions because landlords write leases for their best...

Dear Dryden Tenant: How does the utility establish a relationship with a new residential customer? Where I am that does not occur without the...

Tree is damaging my property

Dear Staten Island Homeowner Yes. Make sure you keep exact duplicates of a letter you mail by USPS informing your neighbor the date your...

What's a good example of a COVID-19 clause or pandemic clause to add to a contractor agreement?

Dear Brooklyn Contractor: Even were you to pay a lawyer to write your employment contract with a hold harmless clause relating to the in-home...

I’ve had no hot water for days, after moving in. Plus other issues - can I break my lease

Dear Manhattan Tenant: What is the "effective date" of the lease? What is the date stated for commencement of tenancy? Technically, although you...

Can creditors take my lump sum unemployment payment?

If there is a levy and hold on the bank account any money deposited into the account is subject to the levy. Any of your creditors with a judgment...

Dear Bronx Property Owner: You could skip over the ridiculously time consuming and lawyer intensive Housing Court procedures if you and your...

L i have bought materials that turns out to be faulty and I but have used some of them how does the consumers law deals with it?

Dear Manhattan Purchaser: The law of the "Sale of Goods" in New York State is stated in a statute known as the Uniform Commercial Code....

Dear Flushing Tenant: If the landlord accepted your prime tenant's transfer to another apartment without demand the prime tenant secure your...

Advice to negotiate office rent abatement because of COVID?

Dear Manhattan Tenant Step one is understanding the lease. Many commercial landlords use some standard form of lease and then modify the...