What can I do about a neighbor who has threatened me and caused me to not be able to stay in my apartment?

Dear Avon Tenant: If local police will not help you in relation to your invading neighbor perhaps look for help with the Livingston County...

Is there anything I can do to fight for this apartment?

Dear Bronx Tenant: Based on your information you would not qualify as a successor tenant in your grandmother's apartment. But that is likely...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: A broker fee is illegal. A Rent Stabilized tenant is limited to no more than a 10% surcharge when renting a fully...

Lease Expires on September of this year. Possibly being sued? Any suggestions?

Dear Babylon Property Owner A lease no longer expires by its own terms. Without a notification that the lease will not renew the tenancy...

Dear Brooklyn Airbnb Guest: NYC and NYS illegal eviction laws are not triggered by a landlord reliance on self-help before the occupancy matures...

If you move on August 15 you owe rent for the full month that will start on August 14. Move out not later than August 13. That way you won't owe...

Is urgent need to use room for homeschooling and work valid reasons to have holdover expedited during Covid?

There is no known method for expediting any newly filed proceeding in Housing Court. Potentially, a holdover based on a tenant's extreme...

Dear Stuyvesant Home Owner: When was the last time you discussed the move out plan with your lodger? Perhaps the U-Haul plan ran into the July 4...

I'm uncertain about the issue? Multiple crimes are possible in the commission of an illegal eviction. Often its up to the District Attorney to...

Do need to get paperwork from succession court to apply for succession for a Mitchell-Lama apartment?

There is no such thing as "succession court". Did you mean Surrogate's Court? http://ww2.nycourts.gov/COURTS/12jd/BRONX/Surrogates/index.shtml