Tenant Law PodcastWelcome 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.
In Episode 13 we discuss the often abused and hard-to-discover practice of landlords charging first (market rate) rents for “newly created” Rent Stabilized apartments. Free market tenants as well as Rent Stabilized tenants should pay careful attention to this episode. Your free market apartment might be Rent Stabilized and you might be entitled to an
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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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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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In Episode 6 we discuss how to succeed to (inherit) a Rent Stabilized apartment. We also talk about what happens if you family member is unwilling to testify on your behalf in court. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Google. There is a DHCR form that the tenant can fill out, that helps establish that you are
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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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In Episode 4 we discuss what happens when a Rent Stabilized tenant sublets her apartment to a subtenant and overcharges the subtenant more than the legally regulated rent. The tenant could owe the subtenant the overcharge amount back, plus triple damages. Today’s case is interesting because the DHCR held that the landlord, as well as
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In Episode 2 we discuss the difference between a permanent “Preferential Rent” and a one-time “rent concession” for Rent Stabilized apartments. We also discuss the pros and cons of tenants joining a class action with other tenants against the landlord. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Google. Ask us your questions at [email protected].
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Welcome to the Tenant Law Podcast, where we talk about new, interesting, and/or important legal cases affecting New York City tenants. This weekly pod will be about 10 minutes long. First, we give you some background, so you have the context to understand the case we are discussing. Then we talk about the case itself.
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Scout from Lincoln Square asks: My father just passed away and my siblings and I are in the middle of cleaning out his Rent Stabilized (or maybe Rent Controlled?) apartment. I do not have a copy of my father’s lease. Can I move into my father’s apartment and become the Rent Stabilized tenant? Can I
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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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