Do have to give my landlord a 30 day notice on the 1st of the month? Can i give it on the 7th of the month?

Dear Syracuse Tenant Sure. You could make your 30 Day Notification on September 7 to end the tenancy on October 31. Your landlord is wrong....

What is the current practice for addressing a tenant who is not paying rent?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner Great questions. We'll wait for court decisions and then appellate review to know for certain how all the new...

Can my mother give up the apartment without my consent?

Dear Manhattan Tenant I gather you and your mother live in an apartment owned by NYCHA. You are a tenant if you and your mother are named as...

How can I go about evicting my roommate if she is not on the lease?

Dear Manhattan Tenant NYC Housing Court promotes a Do It Yourself program for tenants commencing a Roommate Holdover Summary Proceeding. The...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Why so vague with the nature of the tenancy "...We are a group of tenants that moved into a bigger building with two...

I have a live in girlfriend who has been living in my home for 8 years. What is my legal recourse to ask her to move out. ?

Dear Huntington Home Owner: You are not married; so Divorce is unavailable. You are not related; so Family Court is not available. That shortens...

I pay for my divorce long time ago and 2008 I got domestic partnership. But then I found out out I still married.

Dear Staten Island Resident If you paid a lawyer for prosecution of a divorce did the lawyer provide a fraudulent judgment and decree? Because...

Dear Rochester Tenant The lease provision is void, so is chargimg more money for the additional occupant.

What to do if landlord refuse to give me back security deposit?

Dear Huntington Station Tenant Technically your landlord is correct. Your notification of the end of the month to month tenancy was with less...

I'll take a guess that the tenant and landlord resolved a Holdover Summary Proceeding with a written agreement approved by the Judge with the...