Generally there is no right to throw away or destroy the left behind personal property. New York does not have an abandoned property statute...

Dear Manhattan Tenant The only format of standard Rent Stabilized lease that matters is your original long form lease. The terms and conditions...

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Read the response to one of the other questions that you posted about Frank Costello's Will........ .

You could start the search for a probated Will at the New York County Surrogate Court. Date of death February 18, 1973. A resident of New York...

Dear Rochester Property Owner: The tenant has time to go back to court and file an Order to Show Cause to permanently stay the execution of the...

Yes. You have a legal claim based on your narrative describing the destruction of your personal property. I cannot predict if you could succeed on...

Dear NYC Home Owner: In our great free nation, all those who want to pay fees and file papers to initiate a lawsuit may do so. There is no...

If you can not come up with words to convince the two parties you claim wrongly have your money you could consider having an attorney write up a...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Since your landord did not send written itemization of damages to you within 14 days after moving out, New York State Law...

Dear Former Yonkers Tenant Your monetary damage claim is $20,000.00 since the underlying fact is that the landlord wrongly converted the...