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Owner Occupancy Holdovers

A very common tactic if for the landlord to seek an eviction of a Rent Stabilized tenant in New York based on an allegation that the landlord intends [...]

Sufficiency of the Golub Notice in a Nonprimary Residence Case

It has often been said that a Golub Notice – that is, a notice of intention not to renew a rent-stabilized lease – must recite the facts necessary [...]

Primary Residence

Frequently, the landlord of a rent-stabilized or rent-controlled apartment will start a lawsuit in housing court, claiming that the tenant does not live in her apartment as her [...]

Should I pay rent during my Housing Court case?

After tenants receive legal papers, they are often confused when the landlord refuses to accept any rent afterwards. It is perfectly natural for landlords to refuse rent once the [...]

Do I Have A Right to A Jury?

What is the single most important thing you can do to help your housing court case? It is to file a jury demand and pay the jury fee to [...]

Individual Apartments Improvements

In a rent overcharge case, the most common defense that landlords pose is that of the 1/40th improvements increase. If an owner adds new services, improvements, or equipment to [...]

Is the Super Supposed to Live in the Building?

New York City’s Housing Maintenance Code provides:

Sec. D26-22.03 Obligations of owner

a. The owner of a multiple dwelling shall provide adequate janitorial services.

b. In a multiple dwelling [...]

Four Steps to Getting Repairs

landlord’s failure to repair is a serious issue, and tenants often feel powerless to force the landlord to do fix an apartment. Nevertheless, every rent-paying residential tenant is entitled [...]

Roommates

Can you have a roommate? If so, how many? Well, let’s look at your lease.

If you are New York tenant, you may find this paragraph in your lease, [...]

Assignments

A tenant is said to have assigned a lease when he or she has given an apartment to another person permanently. This is different from subletting, where a tenant lends [...]

 

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