Dear Bronx Business Owner Hire an attorney. Generally, no business should enter into a lease agreement made in the names of the individual...

How can an HOA reduce level of maintenance, but not reduce the monthly HOA fee

Some important information seems missing. This can't be a dispute over $44? As posed by you the board action is illegal. No one mounts a...

Who has the legal responsibility to stop illegal fireworks in NYC? Can we sue?

Dear Brooklyn Resident: You're certainly with much company in suffering annoying illegal fireworks behavior. Read more...

Dear Manhattan Tenant Your identified issues support commencing a Harassed Proceeding at DHCR using the forms available online to do so....

Dear Manhattan Tenant Please be specific. As described "plumbing and venting issues" your problems cannot become associated with any particular...

Can my landlord retain my deposit if my roommate hasn't paid his part of the rent?

Dear Manhattan Tenant If your lease created independent obligations to pay rent to the landlord rather than the ordinary lease terms that make...

Landlord and tenants ?

Dear Brooklyn Property Manager There's no way to predict the tenant will make a police report. A good video recording could support an arrest...

Will I have a legal right for my security deposit to be returned as a subletter?

Dear Manhattan Roommate: If there is a written agreement often the terms of the agreement control. Since the Roommate agreement became month to...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Perhaps the confusion in the question is perception. There are different outcomes when a landlord does not timely offer a...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: If the tenancy is Rent Stabilized, as long as your husband documents he voluntarily vacated and permanently departed the...