If I am evicted from an apt in NYC how do I go about retrieving my possessions? Can they throw them into the street?

Move out before a sheriff or marshal comes to physically evict you and take your things with you. If it is too late for that your possessions...

If a tenant in Brooklyn is evicted, would they still be responsible for the remainder of the market-rate lease?

Once a tenant is evicted the lease terminates and the tenant is no longer liable for any future rents.

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Am I obligated to move, or were my rights as tenant violated?

You,are,a month to month tenant and as such can be evicted at any time for any reason on 30 days written notice.

Are the consequenses of breaking an apartment lease limited to loosing the security deposit or the remaining months rent .

You can be liable for the remainder of the rent due under the lease term. The landlord has a duty to try and offset the damages by resetting the...

Is is possible to prosecute both a residential nonpayment action and a holdover petition at the same time against a tenant?

Yes. A landlord can bring a holdover,action to evict and allege that there is back rent owed. If the court has personal jurisdiction over,you the...

Is it legal to require that a tenant give a 60 day notice to leave at the end of a lease term?

A lease.is,a contract and as such the terms are negotiable. Having negotiated,and signed a contract you are stuck with the 60 days notice provision.

Some basement apartments in NY are legal. Are you,sure you are in an illegal apartment. If you,are you do not have to pay rent. You can only be...

Is there any way a car dealer can back out of a contract after you sign it?

Yes it is possible that you sign a contract that is subject to approval of credit after the fact. This happens often when a car is purchased on a...

Generally a property is owner occupied if someone who is on title to the property live in the property more than 1/2 the year. What is your reason...

Can new property owner evict you before you sign new lease?

Each lease stands on its own. There is nothing they can do to you as a result of the first lease, such as hold you in default for not paying the...