Dear Bronx Property Owner: I read your comment at the response provided by the other attorney. The "problem" is in the plan to pay the tenant...

Dear Manhattan Tenant We don't know what judges will do with the new statute but section 29 of Part M of the enabling statute applies the new law...

Is this rent increase legal?

OK. If the rent increase is greater than 5% of the current rent, your landlord must provide 90 days advance notification notification of the new...

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner The repair is an owner responsibility, unless the lease states that it is a tenant obligation to repair a broken...

What is an illegal tenant ?

Police do not make decisions about legal or not legal tenancies. Nor do lawyers responding online to statements missing critical facts. Even a...

Can my commercial landlord discard my restaurant's equipment without my consent, rendering my business inoperable?

Long before you have a determination of liabilities you will need to install your new exhaust system. Concentrate on your business. While you take...

Land Lord tenant early lease break?

NYS law overrides the lease clauses. Technically a NY tenant could leave at any time, albeit, risking the return of the tenant security deposit,...

I need an order protection. Where can I go to get it?

Your wife's grandson is not a squatter. Family Court may assist. Housing Court is for eviction. You could try to use a Ten Day Notice to Quit...

Why my rent is so cheap this month?

Your landlord is using internal codes for the adjustment to your base rent. No one outside the management office could figure this out for...

Can lease holder instal camera or voicerecorder in my private room? I.m a tenant. I.m not in lease.

Get out. It is illegal to place video in bedrooms and bathrooms. It is illegal to eavesdrop with audio recording.