Why you are trying to "prove" something often influences how to go about proving it. In court, evidence has to be in admissible form but in other settings there is generally no such standard. Obviously, if you have a written rental agreement that would be useful but you know better what... View More

Many landlords apply the rent received to the oldest amount due on an account. For example, if you owe June and July and make a payment in July a rent demand may say you owe July instead of June rent. If you don't owe rent for any other months, you should contact the landlord to address the issue.

Neither a lease or month-to-month rental agreement are "better" than the other.... They are both means of renting that carry different pros and cons. A lease assures both the landlord and tenant are obligated to each other for a specified period of time at a certain rental rate. This... View More

There are a variety of consequences depending upon the manner in which a landlord or agent might act improperly. If you ask a more specific question, you are more likely to get responses with useful information.

In order to legally evict a tenant, you must obtain a judgment of possession and have the eviction conducted by a Marshal. Since you describe already being in Court on this matter, you should know if you already have a judgment of possession. If you are not sure, you can ask your attorney or the... View More

The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 that was enacted in June prevents the future use of the so called "Tenant Black List". Therefore, going forward this should no longer be a problem for you.

Generally money paid as rent for a basement apartment that may have been in violation of applicable regulations is not recoverable. However, it may be the basis for being relieved from paying future rent.

Both NYS law and the Coop's By-Laws address requirements for the financial information that must be provided to shareholders. If you have questions about your specific building, it would be useful to sit down with an attorney to review the unique circumstances of your Coop.

When one of several people named as owners of a property on a deed dies, how the property was owned determines what happens to their interest in the property. For example, if the deed indicates that the people on the deed own the property as "joint tenants with right of survivorship" the... View More

Useful links for info on lead paint

NYC: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/owners/Lead-Based-Paint.page

NYS: https://ag.ny.gov/environmental/lead/lead-paint-rental-homes

That is a more complicated question than you may realize and can depend on who is on the lease and the relationship of the occupants as well as the square footage of the apartment. This article should be useful: https://streeteasy.com/blog/legal-number-people-nyc-apartment/

If you and the landlord have a dispute regarding possible rent arrears, the landlord can commence a nonpayment proceeding in Housing Court. As part of that case, it might be in your interest to produce proof of past payments but at this point it is your decision whether it is a sensible way of... View More

The remedy for addressing rent arrears is to commence a nonpayment proceeding and landlords are not instead permitted to terminate services. If the landlord terminates your electric service, contacting the police or commencing should remedy the situation.

Doing something like that could be considered an illegal eviction and you could be liable for damages. The safest thing to do is to regain possession through legal proceedings awarding you a judgment of possession that is executed on by the Marshal/Sheriff

Ownership of real property is documented by a deed.

Tenants retain the right to possession until a judgment of possession has been issued by the Court and executed upon by the Marshal or Sheriff

In NYC, except for limited number of remaining SROs, landlords are not permitted to rent out individual rooms in an apartment to different tenants. Instead a landlord may rent an apartment to tenant or co-tenants that work out their own arrangements regarding the sharing of the space.... the... View More

Corporations buy and sell property in the corporate name and the documents are signed by properly authorized officers of the corporation. A corporate resolution may also be necessary.

When you sign a lease for an apartment, you become responsible for 100% of the rent payment due pursuant to the lease and not just your proportionate share if you have a co-tenant/roommate. Likewise you would be responsible for damage to the apartment that occurred during your tenancy whether you... View More

There is not a one-size fits all answer to your question. You will have to review the title report to see what exception are listed that need to be cleared.