Ask Altagracia

… … If youre concerned that your new landlord may try to push out stabilized tenants in order to rent more apartments at market rate there are several red flags to … apartment is not their primary residence or that they are renting out their apartment on Airbnb They may be looking to …

… … First some background Rent stabilized status applies to tenants who live in buildings that were constructed before 1974 and have six or more units and the monthly rent on those units does not exceed the …

…  Most leases have a clause that says that if a landlord has to bring a court case about you and they win youll have to … you get to stay in the apartment or you dontthings arent always so simple What happens in a nonpayment case where you owe six months worth of rent but your defense is that the apartment …

… 421g buildings are not stabilized but this could change due to a case that will be heard in the Court of Appeals says  … but the issue is that for years tenants were not treated as rentstabilized Himmelstein says In buildings with similar … when the bill was making its way through the state Senate months after it had passed the Democratcontrolled Assembly …

… … If this change to the heat and gas in your apartment does in fact make it costlier than the system you currently have you may be entitled to a reduction in rent says … only renters were granted a reduction in rent of $165 per month to cover gym membership as a replacement for the loss …