A baby is not a ground for eviction. A NY landlord is barred by State law discriminating against a tenant with children. But when your daughter's...

Process for evicting a sublet in NYC?

Dear Manhattan Tenant: Your other occupant is a Roommate; not a subtenant. If a subtenant, you would have had a written agreement, signed by you...

My aunt recently passed aware and was extremely ill couldn’t speak for the time she while hospitalized?

Dear NYCHA Tenant: NYCHA rules control another person's entitlement to continuation of the tenancy of a deceased tenant. Generally, the rules...

Can I get my security deposit back?

Dear Bronx Tenant: A tenant in NY State does not start off with a guaranty the landlord is honest and would properly return a tenant security...

Can you get an eviction removed from your record? If yes, how?

Dear CW Unfortunately for all tenants exposed to the NYC Housing Court while the case may end, in favor of the tenant, the Tenant Blacklist...

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Neighbors have a 100' stone/dirt driveway ROW that goes through our property. Can we use this driveway to access our property?

Dear Forestport Home Owner: If you are taking the neighbor's word at face value that the driveway through your property is not a driveway to...

What am I supposed to do when I signed my apartment lease 2 days ago and does not want to rent that apartment anymore?

Show your lease to a lawyer. New York State forms for leases are not ordinarily written with any right to cancel upon signing.

Can I get out of a rental lease a week before I move in and get all of the money I put down back?

You likely will need to spend money on a lawyer; even then, there is no automatic method to unilaterally end a lease in New York State. You may...

Tenant and Driveway

Dear Josef Hudecek: I do not understand a reason you have for believing the nonsense from the neighbor that you cannot temporarily pull your...

I want my ex boyfriend out of my house can I just his stuff outside?

Dear Cobleskill Home Owner: I agree with attorney Weinman. If not a co-owner with your boyfriend of the inherited real property (implied by your...