Based upon the information you have provided, until the lease is delivered back to you signed by all parties, it is not effective. That generally...

Whats happens if I can't pay rent and a judgement is made against me? How long is the process?

The answer is yes, since they discontinued,it will start all over again. On the first time in, you can request an adjournment, including to obtain...

There is emergent law that email exchnages can constitute binding agreements. But to simulate a valid written agreement, courts look carefully at...

Me, my brother, and my friend, are all on a lease for a new apartment. If one of us has not signed, is the lease still valid?

Generally, a lease is not effective until signed and "delivered." Many leases have language in them to this effect. It is unclear from your...

Assuming that what your wife's lawyer is true, this definitelty sounds like a sublet without Coop Board approval. What's odd is that approval is...

I own a small business and I received a nonpayment petition from my landlord. Please help!

Your attorney can handle many of the appearances, but ultimately you may have to appear to defend as a witness and/or support any defenses which...

Is it okay for our landlord to watch us?

If the area being surveilled is a common area (do you have exclusive use of the yard being surveilled or can others use it too?), then New York...

If you are the tenant who complained of the housing code violations, you can plead retaliatory eviction as a counterclaim in the eviction...

How can i present my case and how long could the judge give me to move?

A holdover case typically refers to tenant holding over after the landlord has served a notice of termination of lease, and/or after termination of...

I own my apt but people above me rent and they make abnormal and ridiculous noise? Can I take legal action against them?

It is the landlord with whom you are in privity of contract, and it is he who owes you the covenant of quiet enjoyment of your premises under your...