Queens Tenant Attorney: Evictions
Whether you live in an apartment, rowhouse, condo, or single-family home, our Queens Tenant Attorney guarantees your rights are protected.
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The lower cost of living, affordable housing options, and top schooling and job opportunities make Queens a desirable place to live for families. However, problems can arise.
Tenants can hire a Queens Tenant attorney and bring lawsuits against their Landlords for questionable practices. These include a lack of services, such as shutting off the heat, hot water, and electricity or removing bathrooms (and not replacing them). Tenants should list any dangerous conditions or hazardous construction they see around their residences
Queens Evictions
There must be special reasons for Landlords to dismiss tenants off the premises.
- The Tenant refuses to pay rent.
- The written lease is terminated or expires.
- The Tenant seriously breaks the lease rules.
Even with these conditions, the Landlords must still file a court case with their Tenant to win a Warrant of Eviction.
Queens Landlord & Tenant Laws
As Queens Tenants, you have the right to live in clean, stable homes through the “warranty of habitability” that automatically comes under your lease. This warranty includes the Landlord’s responsibility to make renovations and repairs and keep the public areas around the building clean.
Queens landlords cannot discriminate and raise your rent based on race, gender, or ethnicity. They cannot oppose rent increases if you have valid complaints and choose to exercise your legal rights.
Unless they have the appropriate court order, Landlords cannot block your electricity, heat, or water utilities. By law, a property owner must give tenants hot water 365 days a year, with a minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Landlords must keep the heat running between October and May, i.e., Heat Season.
New York State Laws address rent-related issues and the established laws, including the Landlord’s notice that they must present for rent increases. The note also includes the time left before the Landlord files for eviction. Different rules pertain to rent-controlled and stabilized properties. The State Laws also address rent control and rent stabilization issues in over 50 New York communities.
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Even in a Holdover Proceeding, Tenants have the right to stay on the premises longer than they think. We can help ensure you can remain on the premises until your living situation improves.
