Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You knowingly rented an illegal apartment and wonder why the dwelling is not fit to live in? If your lease is made after...

If I become a month to month tenant after a lease agreement, how many days notice do I have to give the landlord to move out?

Dear Manhattan Tenant If you remain in possession of the apartment after expiration of the lease you only became a month to month tenant because...

Can my landlord legally not honor a lease, now, until my father’s is the sole signature on it?

OK. If the apartment is Rent Stabilized and both parents are identified as the tenant, both tenants should sign the renewal lease. If the tenancy...

Tenant left leaving a lot of things behind. Told her to come with truck and take all not to pick and choose is this legal

Dear Monroe Property Owner If you say that the tenant owes three months of rent, even with a truck load moved, you still have a tenant. Nothing...

What can I do about legal fees that are reserved and accumulating late fees from a past evictions court settlement?

"Reserved" legal fees are usually an attorney trick to induce a tenant to believe that the landlord at some remote time may make a claim for legal...

Is this cause for terminating my lease?

Dear LIC Tenant: Roaches are not normal. In fact, a landlord who tolerates roaches breaks the law (NYC Housing Maintenance Code, eliminate...

Do I have recouse about the aides hiding the keys and harassing me . Am I entitled to the keys and how could I get on the lease

What is the foundation for your claim to need keys to a residence that is not your primary residence?

What counts as admission of liability?

Dear Binghamton Tenant: Your subtenant is not required to admit any alleged breach of lease. The burden is on you to prove the right to withhold...

Should I appear in court on August29, 2019 for a holdover proceeding even though I was not formally served?

OK. If you do not contest the petition then its likely the court would enter a judgment. If you contest the petition but your only defense is the...

What do you think about this - dog in no pet building?

Dear LIC Tenant I gather you have no knowledge of the NYC Pet Law, no anecdotal information from the neighbors, no personal knowledge that...