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

… residential and commercial tenants and tenant associations is retiring at the end of the month after 44 years … to obtain their security deposits back was streamlined … Much depends on who is in office … The takeaway So much … protections Ask Sams Greatest Hits sponsored  Ask Sam How do I find out if my apartment should be …

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

… you have to do Himmelstein said And get the same from your former roommates so you can show those to the landlord too … and severally liable for rent payments which means that not only are all tenants held responsible but also that each … money orders arent showing up in the landlords ledger The property manager claims I owe him What do I do … Rent … Ask …

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… live with you as a roommate but it will be difficult for him to succeed you in the apartment says  Sam … Most leases have a standard clause that an apartment can be occupied by the tenant and the tenants immediate family but … thing to be careful with is that you can only charge him half the rent Himmelstein says Rentstabilized tenants can …

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… landlord may have made alterations and rented it to a new tenant before the Frankenstein loophole was eliminated … Not … is an illegal overcharge If the legal regulated rent was $2714 they would probably determine now that the new rent is that amount minus the 20 or 30 percent reduction in square footage Languedoc says On the other hand if the …

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