Will I have to give a tenant 30 days notice if the lease is weekly, Can I give the tenant a 7 day notice?

Dear Hudson Property Owner: Your business practice works only if the judges at Hudson City Court...

It is illegal to remove a catalytic convertor. But the Jeep you bought has a current NYS Inspection Sticker on the windshield, suggesting when last...

Do I need to send receipts detailing damages fixed from security deposit?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Sending copies of the receipts for the repairs made could be the difference dealing with proving the repairs in Small...

How can I go about evicting a tenant living in an illegal basement without a lease and what are my rights?

Dear Bronx Home Owner: I hate to say your attorney should have forced the former owner to remove the tenant occupying the illegal basement...

How can I get my common law partner to to move out of my apartment where i pay everything?

Dear Kingston Tenant: NY does not recognize common law marriage. If this abusive person is a tenant on the same lease and also signed the lease,...

I leave into a basement apartment and from 2 years it gets sewer backup every time when it’s raining?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: You are a having a trial soon. Do you have a lawyer? What is the trial about? Rent or breach of lease. You know, so let...

Can I use non license contractors to renovate a vacant apartment that was rent controlled/?

How will your architect secure a permit from the NYC DOB for work by an unlicensed contractor? How will you proceed to claim exemption from Rent...

The lease holder has left I am on the lease as occupant Will it be possible for me to apply for a one shot deal ?

If you are a tenant, and you have a lease, and the landlord has gone to court to oust you by a nonpayment proceeding, you may qualify for a...

When does the new housing law (S. 6458/A. 8281) take effect. in NYC?

Dear Manhattan Tenant I gather the tenancy is month to month. The new statute for tenancy termination of month to month tenancies in NYC is...

Can I get a three-day eviction in New York state

Dear Hudson Home Owner: Find a lawyer on Warren Street, or closer to you, and see if HPD will arrest the tenant for the acts of vandalism,...

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