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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, Youtube. 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 (2) Class Action (2) Co-Living (2) Creation of Tenancy (1) DHCR (2) Duty to Mitigate (1) Eviction (5) First Rent (1) Good Cause Eviction (6) Harassment (2) Housing Court (10) HP Case (3) Illegal Lockout (1) Inheriting Apartments (1) Lease (5) Lease Break (4) Lease Negotiation (1) Licensees (1) New Perimeter (1) Number of People in Apartment (1) NYC Marshal (1) Overcharge (2) Pets (3) Preferential Rent (1) Rent (1) Rent Concession (1) Rent Control (1) Rent Demand (2) Rent Increase (1) Rent Stabilization (21) Repairs (2) Roommate (3) Roommate Law (1) Running a Business in Your Apartment (2) Security Deposit (2) Spouse (1) Squatters (1) Sublet (3) Subtenant (3) Succession (4) Switching Apartments (1) Tenants (1) Warranty of Habitability (7)

If you leave your apartment for a long time, can your landlord change the locks?

In Episode 14, we see a tenant who drove a U-Haul up to his apartment, removed most of his possessions, and drove away for eight months. When he came back, the landlord had changed the locks. Would the court restore this tenant to possession? And why? Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube. Link to Today’s

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Is there no chance that I am Rent Stabilized if my lease says in big letters across the top that I am not Rent Stabilized? And the difference between Rent Control and Rent Stabilization.

In Episode 5 we discuss the difference between Rent Control and Rent Stabilization and whether a landlord and tenant can contract in or out of rent regulation, as we look at a new appellate case that everyone is talking about. Is this case really a game changer? We also answer the question – “Is there no

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Am I still Rent Stabilized if my Building’s 421-a expired?

Ethan from Bay Ridge asks: I’ve been living as a 421A Rent Stabilized tenant here in Brooklyn for the past 16 years. I was the first tenant to move into this apartment after the building was constructed. I just got my lease renewal and was very surprised because it was a whole different format from all

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Getting Your Landlord To Take You Seriously!

Recently, TLP  Instructor Michelle Itkowitz was interviewed for a national  article entitled,   “Worried your landlord is taking advantage of you? Here’s how to make them take you seriously!”, in hellogiggles. Below are some of the tips Michelle shared with Morgan Noll for the article. Tips for Woman-Renters When Dealing with Male Landlords (1) Know your basic

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When You Move In With Your Spouse to a Rent Stabilized Apartment

Tenant Question: My husband is living in a Rent Stabilized apartment. I am not living with him; we are married but have had our twists and turns. Things are better now, and he wants me to move in with him. I really don’t want my name on the lease. If I end up moving out

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