Recent content by TomBrooklyn

Any State What legal theory allows someone who regularly ingests a powerful drug such as testosterone, and then suffers side effects, to sue the drug manufacturer?

Florida Must an apartment tenant pay for an unwanted security alarm system when renewing a lease? Tenant has been living in an apt for a year and it is time to renew their lease. The apt is equipped with an alarm system that they never used or paid to use. Nor have they ever had an...

NYC, NY. 4 family house (Not subject to Rent Stabilizion law.) Tenant has given me 30 days notice of moving out. They have lived in apartment for five years. I didn't keep a key to the apartment when they moved in, have never had one, and have never asked them for one. Now that...

NY and NYC In either NY or NYC, is it illegal for a woman to be completely bare chested in public?

NY, NY Can anyone recommend a legal software program designed for light business, real estate, and personal use that provides forms for some of the standard activities that usually don't require consultation with an attorney?

Perhaps she moved in with a couple of kids and the others were born while she was there or moved in from somewhere else after the lease period started. The landlord may have felt she had outgrown the apartment, although the OP didn't specifically indicate the landlord said that. I think it...

NYC, NY Are nail holes considered normal wear and tear? When a tenant moves out, if they had hung things on the wall and left nails or nail holes, can the repair of them be charged against their security deposit?

Does the lease specify she gets full use of the bathroom or she only gets to share it? If the new tenant will be sharing her bathroom, I'd say your lucky if she will tolerate anyone doing that.

How about subletting? Most leases I've seen specify that a landlord cannot unreasonably deny it.

In most places electric heat is WAY more expensive than gas. It seems strange that a landlord would lie about having electric when that would generally be considered a disadvantage compared to gas.

How many children did you have when you moved in? Did you advise landlord when you moved in of how many children would be living there? Are they listed on the lease?

Plain English Explanation: NYC CO Law For New York City: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/for-owners/carbonmonoxide.html Some highlights: Units are required to be installed by November 1, 2004. Time extensions considered on case by case basis. One unit within 15 feet of every bedroom...

Ya, I see now how much unnecessary hassle and expense I could get involved in by not having the keys. Another thing I just thought of is in case of some emergency the extra time it took me to get access might cause more damage than otherwise would have occurred. I wasn't looking at this...

Thanks for the information BL. I do not feel adament that I need a set of keys, but I have a couple of lease renewals coming up, and I started rethinking it. My father owned a number of buildings in Brooklyn and he never used to keep keys of the apartments, and I think that has influenced me...

The Headless Horseman may be riding soon, as it is almost Halloween. His stomping grounds are not far north of here around Tarrytown, NY.