Richmond Civil Court 927 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10310

"If you notice, It's always LANDLORDS that are complaining... This is because most landlords are slumlords. There's usually a reason a tenant doesn't pay or goes bad. I'm having an issue with my landlord because he wants to raise my rent, so what he is doing is NOT cashing my rent checks. Makes it look like I don't want to pay. This is ENTRAPMENT. This is a misdemeanor on him. I'm waiting for more legal advice as we speak."

"The court is very unfair, and is always protecting the tenants and not letting the landlords to ever explain what is really going on. They make a lot of landlords suffer a lot from the tenants. My family is has been trying to earn out house back, yet the tenants makes up a lot of excuses so they wouldn’t need to move. The court doesn’t ever seem to care about the landlords at all. They pity the tenants but the court doesn’t understand what some of the landlords are going through. They make the landlords go and suffer and sometimes they never earn their houses back. It is the LANDLORDS HOUSE. Not the tenants. They should make the landlords have a chance to speak so they would understand what the landlord are going through. Again, this court is super unfair."

"Awful experience overall. My family needed the house back for ourselves but the tenant keeps making up financial excuses. But how ironic of them to be owning three vehicles. I went on court for justice, not to be neglected of my say and speech. All the judge done for us was ignore us and side with the tenant. My kids are growing older and need their space. We can’t have everyone in the family living in a single room while the tenants are able to live in OUR house all comfortable. We are suffering while the tenants are living in heaven. We are looking for justice and fairness but the judges didn’t give us a chance."

"The judge is very biased towards Landlord vs Tenants. The judge usually rules toward the favor of the tenant. I’ve been asking my tenant to move out for the past 3 years because I want my house back but when I went to court, the judge didn’t even give me a chance to speak resulting all my 3 kids (2 of them which are teenagers) have to sleep in the same room. I expected the judge to give me a fair trial but no they didn’t. They were biased. Now my family of 5 has to sleep in one room.2 adults and 3 children, 2 children who are teenagers already. We have no privacy. We just want the house back because there isn’t enough space for my family to live in right now but the judge ruled in the tenants favor."

"I was happy to find that none of the bad experiences reported here happened to me. I was greeted by pleasant and professional court officers at the entry who directed me to my destination, the Office of the Clerk. Once there, my wait was minimal and the staff I worked with were very pleasant, even friendly, and very helpful. They got me the answers I wanted and the paperwork I needed very quickly. Nothing but an all around good experience."