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Ask Altagracia: My landlord denies offering a rent reduction during a renovation. Can I still pay a lower rent?

Sponsored By Outerbridge Law P.C. |August 27, 2025 - 9:30AM

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Ask Altagracia: Can my landlord refuse a lease assignment if I need to break my lease?

… sublet … Assigning an apartment is a way of handing off the rental to a new tenant for the rest of the lease term This is different from a … to assign or sublet in order to break your lease that is a bad faith move on the part of the landlord PierreOuterbridge …

Sponsored By Outerbridge Law P.C. |August 20, 2025 - 11:30AM

Roommates + Landlords

Ask Altagracia: My landlord hasn’t refunded my security deposit. What’s my next step?

Sponsored By Outerbridge Law P.C. |July 23, 2025 - 9:30AM

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Ask Altagracia: My live-in partner is abusive. How can I get out of my lease?

Sponsored By Outerbridge Law P.C. |July 10, 2025 - 12:30PM

Affordable Housing

Ask Altagracia: Is a landlord supposed to cover the cost of heat in a rent-stabilized apartment?

… … To figure out whether you are responsible for paying for heat in your rentstabilized apartment you will need to look … pays for heat … Requesting your rent history from the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal DHCR is … boilers and converting to individual electric heat pumps in apartments Even so the landlord cannot just shift …

Sponsored By Outerbridge Law P.C. |June 25, 2025 - 9:30AM