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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY Tenant paid security and first months rent with check that bounced, they were served a 3 day pay or quit, they moved out within the 3 days and never made good on the check, Is this a civil or criminal matter, they lived there 5 weeks, I read...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY I was renting a house from Jan-June, landlord put on a deck 3 ft high, but never finished it , left railing and stairs not complete. I asked him several times to complete. In May I fell from porch and twisted knee, pain never went away and...

What is the name of your state? NY The house I am renting, just moved in 3 months ago has a deck 3 ft above the ground, but he never put the stairs on it, it just drops 3 ft to the ground, he seems in no hurrry to finish, what is his responsiblity in fixing this?

What is the name of your state? NY If a creditor wins a judgement, but I already have child support court ordered taken from my paychecks, can a creditor still have the garnishment taken, I read somewhere they cant. Any one know for sure

What is the name of your state? ny my 5th grader was one of 4 students who took face paint and smeared it on the bus seat, they all were suspended from the bus for 30 days, one mother got the school to provide transportation with the school van for her son because she works and he would be...

What is the name of your state? ny I was in an accident a few weeks ago, other party 100 percent at fault, her insurance company says they are sending me a check for my totaled car, and I told her I'm still under a docters care, she said thats a seperate claim, and that after my treatments done...

What is the name of your state? NY I was driving down the road, other person was pulling out of an apartment driveway, its dry pavement on my road, but she was sliding out because of ice, she slides into road I cant stop intime and hit her front side then I swerve to the side and hit a town...

What is the name of your state? NY Who is liable for this water bill. As per contract, tenant pays water bill. In rented house there is a main sump pump, and a back up that runs soley on water should the main pump break down. After rain storm, basement floods, tenant calls landlord to inform...

What is the name of your state? NY I went to the Dentist, she did some work that was not as it should be, I had minor problems w/her work in the past, this time I was fed up, I stopped payment on the check I wrote for $121, I had called the next day to tell them I was unhappy w/the work they...

What is the name of your state?ny My exh and I divorced in 2004, we are now back together but legally still divorced, we have alot of joint debt from the last 10 years, we want to file a chap 7, with the new law, his income makes it under the median income by a few thousand ( with the 5 of us)...

What is the name of your state?NY I am being sued for $1650 from my previous landlord, he is filing a judgement for 1. breaking lease 2. bounced check 3. loss of use of property . I stopped payment on Mays rent check on May 9, I then , after telling landlord 4-5 times I am leaving if he...

What is the name of your state?NY If 2 tenents are in a side by side duplex, and other tenents teenage sons smoke pot, take over yard, and really make the other tenent uncomfortable, is there a legal way out of the lease?

What is the name of your state? NY I rented a duplex, signed a 1 year lease. lived there 6 months, other tenents teenage son smoked pot in back yard alot, I complained twice, nothing happened, I was fed up, the kids next door made living there unbearable, packed up my kids and moved out...

What is the name of your state?NY I left 2 messages on landlords answering machine, telling him I am breaking the lease 6 months early, claims he didn't get them. I couldn't live another day next door to the other tenents, its a duplex. I rent a uhaul on Friday the 3rd, have all utilities...

What is the name of your state?NY there is a judgement against my ex husband for $2000 which 10% starting next week will be taken out since we never paid it. But if the child support he pays me is taken out by the county and given to me, can he still have his wages garnished for old debt?