My NYC landlord didn’t issue a new lease when we renewed. Should I be worried?

… NYC apartment lease must Identify the address that is being rented Lay out the start and end date of the lease Include … issue a totally new full lease with all that information  … Realty Bites …  tackles your NYC rental questions Have a query for …

By Nikki M. Mascali |May 30, 2019 - 12:00PM
I don’t want my roommate’s boyfriend to have a key to our NYC apartment. What can I do?

… tenant associations Tenants have the general right to give keys to their guests and neither the landlord nor a roommate … dating you have a right to know how she plans to get the keys back from him though if a breakup is the end result … uncomfortable and even unsafe situation Giving him keys makes it even harder to fight against this Hill says …

By Nikki M. Mascali |May 8, 2019 - 3:30PM
We used an institutional guarantor for our NYC apartment, and one roommate can’t pay her share of the rent. What now?

… pay could also affect your credit score and ability to rent apartments in the future says Jeffrey Geller vice chairman … rent plus rent through the end of the lease term if the apartment isnt rerented and then seek repayment from you and your roommates  And if you rent another apartment in New York City you may have a major problem …

By Nikki M. Mascali |April 18, 2019 - 2:00PM
I want to break my lease because of a noisy NYC neighbor. What are my options?

… and in your case neighbors its no wonder noise is among the top complaint many New Yorkers have about living in the city … by offering to let you out of your lease with the threemonthrent penalty So yes that payment does seem fair especially … know if you can hang something like a wreath on your door how you can use communal space and often designate quiet …

By Nikki M. Mascali |March 28, 2019 - 12:00PM