You are in a difficult situation. NYCHA will not want to allow you to seek succession rights until the arrears are paid. If you are applying to...

Under what circumstances can my landlord evict me?

Either you or your landlord can end your tenancy on thirty days' notice. You can ask for a written lease, which would bind both you and your...

Tenant refuses to move and is not paying rent. We have no lease and it is a coop building. She has been treated as a guest. The

I don't understand. Who are you? Are you the leaseholder for the cooperative unit who allowed this now-unwelcome person to stay as your guest? ...

If a judge say I'm not telling the truth about my income. Can I appeal how much I'm paying

An appeal will go to a different judge or panel of judges. If the difference is not much, it may not be worth the cost of an appeal. Also, if this...

If the Court follows the law, you are not able to represent your wife unless you are a lawyer. However, the Manhattan small claims court is not...

DSS has failed to follow the determination of the "fair hearing" She & her child are now 4 months without their foodstamps.

She needs to go to a legal aid or legal services office right away. I am not familiar with the Albany area and their intake schedules, but I can't...

My lease ends 2/28. I gave notice in Dec I'd be out of my apt 1/31. The apt is rented for Feb. Do I get last months rent back?

Your landlord should not be collecting rent twice for the same apartment. See if you can get the new tenant to cooperate with you, by telling you...

Are rights...?

It is not clear to me if you are the cat owner. Is this your cat who is causing the problem, or some other tenant's cat? If it is not your cat,...

Is it possible to get fined 5K for 1 noise complaint? Is it normal that nobody notified me about civil case filed on me for3yrs?

Eric Rothstein has offered you good advice. Go to the courthouse with the index number and ask for the file. Make a copy of it. You need to...

Lease states utilities paid to landlord.

Yes. You are responsible. You will also mess up any other utility accounts you have (say, for your own home), if you allow the utilities to be...