Holdover tenant - Albany, New York

[Michael Chalke]

I have a tenant on a month to month lease which has been nothing but problems. I thought, since they were members of another family in the building, it would be fine to rent to them since they had been living in the building for 5+ years anyway. So far, they've brought in an aggressive dog, broken the floor tile (they say by mistake) and constantly pay late on their rent; without paying late fees. Then they switched to online payments but then disputed the rent payments and I've lost both my Paypal and CashApp accounts due to their "unauthorized charges".  I therefore posted a non-renewal notice on the door and mailed a cert. copy to them. Surprisingly, no response. I gave them about 35 days to leave, but I am doubtful that they will leave. So, it seems this may turn into a holdover eviction. Anyone have to go through this before in Upstate New York?  I know no one can post atty info here, but if someone can message me some recommended attys, I'd appreciate it. I've done evictions before, just none which were hold-over.