Wednesday, September 17, 2014

can I use small claims court to enforce an agreement between a former tenant and myself for $4500 in New York? The tenant has a signed surre...

Question

can I use small claims court to enforce an agreement between a former tenant and myself for $4500 in New York? The tenant has a signed surrender agreement aGreeing to the amount. or do I have to go back to housing court



Answer

Small claims court can award money but not possession. Only the Landlord-Tenant parts of Civil Court can be used to evict.



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