Ask Altagracia

Residential Buildings with Fire Escapes on the Upper East Side of New York City

Rent

Ask Sam: My landlord didn't send a lease renewal. Should I ask for it?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |March 22, 2023 - 10:30AM

A row of modern residential skyscrapers with balconies and a blue sky on the Upper East Side of New York City

Rent

Ask Sam: How do I make the switch from subletter to tenant of a rent-stabilized apartment?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |March 8, 2023 - 12:30PM

Affordable Housing

Ask Sam: Will the U.S. Supreme Court end rent stabilization?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |February 22, 2023 - 12:30PM

Roommates + Landlords

Ask Sam: I saw my apartment on a listing site, but I haven’t received any notice from my landlord. Is that legal?

… renewing your lease based on how long youve lived in the apartment says Sam Himmelstein a lawyer at Himmelstein … and commercial tenants and tenant associations And if hes listed your apartment without giving you the proper notice … that theyve simply listed the wrong unit Related Ask Sam My landlord didnt give me the required 60 days notice of a …

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |February 8, 2023 - 12:30PM

Rent

Ask Sam: A restaurant is moving into my building and taking over a backyard used by tenants. What can we do?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |January 25, 2023 - 9:30AM

Affordable Housing

Ask Sam: Can I use my rent-stabilized apartment as an Airbnb?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |January 11, 2023 - 9:30AM

Affordable Housing

Ask Sam: Can my landlord collect rent while he’s trying to evict me?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |December 21, 2022 - 12:30PM

Roommates + Landlords

Ask Sam: A leak from the unit upstairs flooded my apartment, but the landlord is blaming me. How can I keep my security deposit?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |December 7, 2022 - 12:30PM

Affordable Housing

Ask Sam: I checked my apartment's rent history and I think it was illegally de-stabilized. What do I do?

… of rent reform legislation in 2019 a landlord could take an apartment out of rent stabilization by legally getting the … Protection Act HSTPA landlords could lawfully deregulate an apartment when a tenant vacated and the rent exceeded a … illegal deregulation Himmelstein says Now apartments stay rentstabilized when they become vacant and there are very …

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |November 30, 2022 - 2:30PM

The Market

Ask Sam: Can I get my landlord to pay me to downsize to a smaller apartment?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |November 9, 2022 - 1:30PM