Who is responsible for flood damage in a rent stabilized unit?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Your landlord is deflecting its responsibility for proper service of the water tank to you. That is improper. Of course...

How do I prevent my roommate from ruining my friends' credit?

Dear Brooklyn Subtenant: From a practical point, you have no leverage over the Roommate who will not move out from the apartment. Even had you...

How will the probable rent freeze on rent stabilized apartments work for those signing leases in June?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Your lease renewal offer already received, and by now already returned for a lease expiring in less than 60 days is...

Terminating an apartment lease-agreement because due to COVID-19 the apartment is no longer in use.

Dear Manhattan Tenant: No. There are no laws that provide cancellation of a lease, even with notice, due to an unforeseeable change in...

Dear Brooklyn Condo Owner: Why did you try "...everything - thick pad, rug, earplugs, noise cancelling headphones - it changes nothing..."...

Can i file for bankruptcy but remain in my apartment ?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Why not discuss with your bankruptcy attorney since some leases provide for a tenancy default based on a bankruptcy filing...

Can a landlord sue for rental debt if I have no written lease?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant If you play out the cards you hold likely the primary tenant would pay you to leave before their lease expired. There...

Dear Vernon Tenant: Usually, the excavator restores the land surface to level following removal of the old metal tank and installation of the...

Dear Manhattan Property Owner: Not necessarily so, as most leases will state without equivocation that the multiple tenants are jointly and...

Dear New City Tenant: You should be confused. The "five day letter" is novel, introduced into the New York State Real Property Law, June 2019....