tenants

Rent

Ask Sam: What’s your biggest lesson from a 44-year career as a NYC tenant lawyer?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |May 22, 2024 - 2:30PM

Rent

Ask Sam: My landlord claims to have no record of several rent payments. How do I prove him wrong?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |May 8, 2024 - 4:30PM

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Affordable Housing

My landlord wants to renovate my rent-stabilized apartment. Can I pay for the upgrade to avoid a rent hike?

By Celia Young |May 1, 2024 - 3:30PM

Fire escapes on Greenwich Village apartment buildings

Roommates + Landlords

Ask Sam: Can a landlord evict me from a rent-stabilized apartment so that his relative can move in?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |April 10, 2024 - 1:30PM

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Rent

Ask Sam: I’m a month-to-month tenant. Can a new landlord raise the rent—and charge me retroactively?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |March 28, 2024 - 10:30AM

Rent

Ask Sam: How could the 2024 election affect NYC renters?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |March 13, 2024 - 2:15PM

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Ask Sam’s Greatest Hits

… been sharing his tenant law expertise with Brick readers for years now Today we revisit some of his most popular columns tackling the big issues that NYC renters face ranging from construction noise to unsigned leases to eviction But first a personal note from Sam It is with a …

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |February 29, 2024 - 11:59AM

Buy Affordable Housing

What does it mean when an apartment has a 'tenant in place,' and why would you buy one?

By Celia Young |February 14, 2024 - 3:55PM

Fire escapes on a New York City apartment building

Affordable Housing

Ask Sam: Can my ex’s grandson take over the lease for my rent-stabilized apartment?

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |January 24, 2024 - 9:30AM

ow of Old Brick Apartment Buildings with Fire Escapes along a Residential Street in Greenwich Village of New York City

Rent

Ask Sam: The size of a rent-stabilized apartment decreased, but the asking rent increased. Is this legal?

… attorney Sam Himelstein for this column Until November of 2023 a legal loophole allowed landlords to raise the rent on rentstabilized apartments by altering the perimeter of units If they … 3493000 … I came across a listing for a rentstabilized one bedroom that used to have significantly more square …

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |January 10, 2024 - 9:30AM