Can I legally challenge my landlord for grossly misrepresenting the quality & size of the apartment I rented?

Dear Richmond Hill Tenant NY law does not recognize the notion of verbally misrepresenting the condition of the apartment as soon as the tenant...

Allow an attorney to look over your marina contract. If your contract contained a clause awarding a 10% boat broker commission to the marina for...

Complaint cover and legal-sized paper

No one uses Legal Size paper for legal documents. The use of long paper is prohibited by statute: "...a) Quality, size and legibility.  Each...

I have been leaving in this apartment for over 25 years, the landord and his wife are in the Hospital and the children are takin

OK. You likely will need a lawyer. The children are NOT your landlord; the persons you paid rent to remain your landlord, unless they designated...

Vist the courthouse. Go to the Clerk's office. Show the paper you have. The Clerk may inform you the papers are phony; not a real lawsuit filed at...

Can my mother kick me out if my name is on the lease and i pay rent regardless of how much I’m making from my job ?

If your mother "kicks you out" without a Housing Court eviction lawsuit and judgment to do so, that is a crime in NYC. Police may arrest her. If...

I am purchasing a condo, but have not yet signed a contract.

You should have an attorney perform your due diligence. There is nothing ordinarily wrong with an assessment; but there is no point in guessing....

Dear Manhattan Tenant: A landlord should discontinue a nonpayment case when all the rent claimed due is paid by the tenant ahead of the initial...

How can I fight an unfair eviction?

You may even have rights to the apartment superior to the tenant if the apartment is Rent Stabilized and you and your roommate paid more rent to...

Processing application fee

Tenant attorneys and the State Legislators say you are correct. Owner counsel and brokers and real estate management offices and their lawyers say...