Notice and Petition for Eviction

The motion should be served on the petitioner's attorney and filed prior to the return date in the appropriate court clerk's office. The motion...

Can I get my property from apartment after I gave landlord keys back?

Since you handed the keys to the landlord, the landlord will claim that you surrendered possession of the apartment and that any items left behind...

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If a landlord tenant case is taken off court calendar, what are the steps to get it back on calendar and before a judge?

If the case is in the Housing Court the tenant can restore the case to the calendar by n=making a motion to restore it. If the tenant is...

Hi, we're paying mgmt $1,600 as per our preferred rent agreement. Can mgmt in turn charge us 2,600 due to lease?

If your lease provides that your preferential rent will be $1,600 monthly for the term of the lease, that should remain in effect for the entire...

How would the situation be resolved reguarding illegal eviction.

It is unclear from your question as to whom exactly has an order of protection barring you from your home. Is your wife the person who obtained...

NY: What do you have to provide when asked about computing damages?

Different types of damages are computed in different ways. Actual damages can be computed by such things as actual out of pocket expenses,...

What would be helpful resources in my case and do I have a strong or a weak case?

I think you should not be so certain that your pictures represent the damages to prove what you describe. Photographic evidence is interpreted...

Can an attorney get a copy of a search warrant used to break into my house?

If this was a federal search warrant the agents were supposed to provide a copy of the warrant and an inventory of all of the items removed from...

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Do we need to deal w/tenant's lawyer after serving her termination notice or can we wait until we go to court for holding over?

If the tenant has advised you that she has retained a lawyer you should communicate with the lawyer, not the tenant. You have no obligation to...

Can Housing Court issue a decision confirming harassment & HMC violations for repairs that have since been fixed?

While the Housing Court has jurisdiction to issue Housing Maintenance Code violations, it rarely does so. As Ms. Shollenberger has pointed out,...