New York, NY
Landlord or tenant Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Landlord & Tenant, Real Estate ... +2 more
Assuming that the notice was properly served and valid, your wife needs to start a holdover eviction proceeding against her brother.
You or your attorney should go to court immediately. You need to find out the court date and file an answer. The fact that you were not properly...
Unless you hire an attorney you will have to go yourself.
To be safe, you should go to court and submit an answer. You can assert lack of service as a defense.
You do not have to voluntarily vacate your apartment. If they remodel your apartment they may be entitled to an incerease. However, you may have to...
Your violations constitute a defense to your landlord's nonpayment proceeding against you.
If you qualify for a chapter 7 Bankruptcy, the Bankruptcy will eliminate all of your dischargeable debts except taxes and student loans.
It appears that your landlord may be retaliating against you. If so, the retaliation is a defense to the eviction proceeding and may constitute a...
In discovery you will need to produce your evidence. You will also be required to prduce your evidence at trial and/or in motion practice.
You don't have to voluntarily vacated your apartment. NYCHA will need to start an eviction proceeding against you in Housing Court.