Your Lease

What is rent stabilization?

Rent-stabilized: Can I add my spouse to my rent-stabilized lease? Yes. If the apartment is rent-stabilized, you can ask the

What is preferential rent? What is a “legal rent”?  Preferential rent is any rent charged to a rent stabilized tenant that

Does my landlord have to offer me a renewal lease in a market-rate / unregulated apartment? Your landlord is not

What is a “preferential rent”? Many rent stabilized tenants pay a rent that is less than the rent the landlord

What are the current legal rent increases for rent-stabilized apartments? For rent-stabilized leases being renewed between October 1, 2018 and

Why are most tenants not usually allowed to break their leases?  It comes as a surprise to many tenants that, in

Do I have the right to sublet my apartment? In New York City, tenants in privately-owned buildings of four or

How much of a security deposit is my landlord allowed to require? Regulated or unregulated the amount of a security

What apartments are rent-stabilized? Rent-stabilization applies to buildings that are privately-owned were built and occupied prior to 1974 had at

  Which family members are eligible to succeed an apartment? The definition of a traditional family member eligible for succession