I live in a cooperative apartment and have had 4 service charge increase in 6 years. Is this legal if no upgrades have been done

Do you mean "maintenance" increased four times in six years? If so, maintenance is for a coop owner the same as rent is for a tenant. A coop board...

Dear Queens Village Tenant: How did the eviction occur? In NYC it is now nearly impossible for a tenant to suffer an eviction without sufficient...

Can I get a restraining order on someone who lives with me but it is not my house?

Dear Southampton Resident: You should check with a local attorney if the local judges would even entertain a protective order within a family...

A Rent Stabilized tenant with rights to a parking space usually states that is so in the lease. You may have believed your parking space came with...

Can my landlord sign someone else onto the lease?

No. Your landlord has no power and no right to make your Roommate a co-tenant.

Rent increase ?

Ask your landlord for the power of attorney granted the children. Hire a lawyer to communicate with the children. Ask the children to hand over a...

Dear Manhattan Tenant: I gather the new Roommate did not manage her anger very well when she realized you dangled a co-tenancy for her to move...

My roommate doesn’t clean , says racial slurs, spit on my stuff on multiple occasions and possibly stepped on my cat , help?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Who let you move into the apartment? Who else lives in the apartment with you and the dreadful Roommate? Usually a...

Can I sue my landlord and neighbor for harassment and defamation?

Hire an attorney to send a cease and decist letter.

Can my landlady's children raise my rent by $900 in other words double my rent from $900 to $1800?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: In NYS your status as a long-term tenant (45 years), divorced, senior citizen, meant nothing to the state's lawmakers as...