I would like to create a side lease for my Section 8 tenant's boyfriend?

Dear Brooklyn Property Owner: You are saved from conspiring to commit fraud. A NYC landlord cannot rent out individual rooms within one apartment.

New Laws 2019?

A rent stabilized tenant or not? If the tenancy is not rent stabilized the landlord may commence the holdover proceeding immediately after the...

Once the eviction has happened can i appeal?

If the time to appeal did not run out, then you may maintain an appeal. Usually, a notice of appeal is late if served and filed later than 30 days...

2nd tenant has a friend visiting who sits on the stoop late at night . Does the tenant and her guest has right to sit on stoop

No. Not really. The stoop is not part of the rented premises.

What happensif they Evict you from a building no one lives in? ?

Dear Manhattan Resident: You have all the relevant information; so why make a responding attorney guess? An eviction by an NYC Marshal? A...

What type of subpoenas can I expect in a Holdover proceeding where the Landlord suspects Airbnb usage?

Dear Manhattan Tenant Even without subpoenas directed at a non-party, your landlord's lawyers will obtain your testimony, your records, your...

Can we still prorate our rent?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant Our legal system believes when people make a written agreement they were sufficiently sophisticated to include all the...

My roommate is having a child, we are both on lease, does this violate lease

Dear Manhattan Tenant If you and your roommate signed the same lease with the same landlord you are co-tenants. Neither tenant has a right to...

Can i take over a apartment my mother and I once shared now that she has passed away?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: You could have statutory succession rights in the apartment if the apartment is subject to Rent Stabilization and you...

What court the tenant has to go to get stay order if landlord threat the tenant to dispossess him by force?

While I have not seen this done; and I am not your attorney, you could take advantage of the special Housing Court proceeding based on a tenant...

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