I need to find an affidavit template for admitting receipt of service of summons or a notice of appearance pro se litigant.

You mean an affidavit of service? If you were permitted to serve those papers the forms for an affidavit of service are online. Usually, a party is...

No. If the land (the yard) is part of the rented premises, your landlord unlawfully ousted you from premises you alone control. That is an unlawful...

My friend living in my Home who refuses to pay the full amount of what they owe because they are charging me their internet

Dear Spring Valley Home Owner: The new NY State overhaul of landlord and tenant laws impact your claim for rent. The new law allows a nonpayment...

Landlord Tenant questions ?

Dear Manhattan Commercial Tenant: If you say the lease controls the "signs" and the lease states the tenant owns the signs, and you have the...

What can landlords legally do under succession rights ?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Based on your statement your landlord and property manager seem intent to bamboozle you out from your succession tenancy....

What can I do about roommate denying every potential subletter?

Dear Jamaica Tenant: You confused a sublease (requires landlord permission; both tenants must not live in apartment along with subtenant;...

Do you need to have a executor of your estate if you die in order of your family to get your stuff?

Dear Henderson Tenant You aren't dead. There is no need for an executor [if you had a Will there is an Executor for the Decedent Estate], but if...

Am I responsible?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant You were swindled at the inception of the tenancy. There is no such "thing" as leasing an apartment with someone already in...

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: It is not a NY State law. It is a Local Law contained in the NYC Administrative Code--Housing Maintenance Code. You will...

Does removing co-tenants from the lease affect my rights to a lease renewal in a rent-stabilized apartment?

You are entitled to a renewal lease at the legal rent. Usually, that is a tenant election of a one-year or a two-year lease at the increase in rent...