Is it illegal for a landlord to lock you out of your circuit breaker?

Dear Bath Tenant: If the local police consider that the landlord's secure barrier to your ability to self-start the electrical service to your...

Do you want custody of the children you live with and support? Do you want to get back into your apartment? You either see a lawyer, or the police...

Is there an upper limit on the amount or # of months of rent that a landlord can charge for breaking a lease?

Dear Parker Towers Tenant: Are you a Rent Stabilized tenant? Are you entitled to a refund on past rent paid to Parker or Blackstone? See:...

If someone told me to kill my self and I did it would they go to jail?

No. Because if you did so, and you were the witness to the command to take your own life, there is no evidence the words ever were spoken.

How long should a landlord give notice before not renewing a lease ?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: The new New York State overhaul of housing and renting laws did not create a new right for a tenant to renew a lease in...

How to get out of a tenants agent contract?

Dear Corona Tenant: It no longer matters what your understanding was at the time if the terms were written in a contract and you admit in the...

Non Payment Petition Court Case?

Dear Manhattan Tenant And your lawyer informed the landlord's attorney that the landlord recovered possession, all the tenants moved out and...

What are my rights?

Dear Poughkeepsie Tenant You mean a Rent Demand, pay the rent in three days or give up the home? Is that what you received? Well, your...

Hi I got a Marshall paper two days ago but the notice date it were sent it the 24th , can I still go and get extra time from the

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You wasted time asking if you could go to court rather than heading off to court as soon as possible. Is the eviction...

Is there anything legally I can do to have my neighbor pay for the removal of a their tree that fell in my yard ?

Dear Rome Home Owner: Your neighbor with the dangerous trees has a lawyer. That alone suggests you need a lawyer as well. If your neighbor's...