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Tenant Law Podcast

Welcome to the Tenant Law Podcast, where we talk about new, interesting, and/or important legal cases affecting New York City tenants. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google. There are also a bunch of great blog posts on this page of tenant questions and Tenant Learning Platform instructor’s answers.

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"Illusory Tenancy" (1) 421-a (1) Airbnb (1) Class Action (1) Co-Living (1) Creation of Tenancy (1) DHCR (2) Duty to Mitigate (1) Eviction (3) First Rent (1) Harassment (2) Housing Court (4) HP Case (2) Illegal Lockout (1) Inheriting Apartments (1) Lease (5) Lease Break (1) Lease Negotiation (1) Licensees (1) New Perimeter (1) Noise (1) Number of People in Apartment (1) NYC Marshal (1) Overcharge (2) Pets (1) Preferential Rent (1) Rent (1) Rent Concession (1) Rent Control (1) Rent Increase (1) Rent Stabilization (14) Repairs (1) Roommate (1) Roommate Law (1) Running a Business in Your Apartment (2) Security Deposit (2) Spouse (1) Squatters (1) Sublet (3) Subtenant (2) Succession (3) Surrender (1) Switching Apartments (1) Tenants (1) Warranty of Habitability (3)

Getting Your Security Deposit Back; Many Tenants Have a Right To a Pre-Exit Inspection

In Episode 11 we discuss the law that says many tenants have a right to a pre-exit inspection. For non-Rent-Stabilized tenants, within a reasonable time after notification by either the landlord or the tenant of either’s intention to terminate the tenancy (unless it is the tenant terminating the tenancy with less than two weeks’ notice),

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What does tenant harassment really look like?

In Episode 10 we discuss a case where a tenant triumphed in court after undergoing terrible harassment by her landlord. Listen on Spotify, Apple, or Google. Ask us your questions at [email protected]. Check out the FREE online, on-demand class The Laws About Getting Paint Jobs and Repairs in Your New York City Apartment.

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If my landlord asks me to move out of my Rent Stabilized apartment, into another apartment in the same building, does my Rent Stabilized status move with me?

In Episode 9 we discuss what happens when a landlord asks a tenant in a Rent Stabilized apartment to move to another apartment within the same building and tenant agrees. Does the tenant’s Rent Stabilized “status” move with him? Listen on Apple, Spotify, and Google. Ask us your questions at [email protected].

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Will the Housing Court recognize polyamorous relationships when making decisions about who can succeed to (inherit) a Rent Stabilized apartment?

In Episode 8 we discuss whether the NYC Housing Court will recognize polyamorous relationships when making decisions about who can succeed to (inherit) a Rent Stabilized apartment. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Google. Here is a link to today’s case. In Episode 6 we also explored succession as a topic. Ask us your questions at

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