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0 pointsfmora15y ago0 comments

I also see this as a problem though. Most likely the person doing this is not the owner of the apartment. I wonder how the original landlords feel about this. Maybe they just don't care, who knows. Seems wrong to be using their apartment for this when they never agreed to it.

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qq6615y ago· 2 in thread

I would consider the landlord's involvement in this decision to be an "abstraction violation." When I lease the apartment, I make a guarantee to return the apartment to you in the same condition that I received it (with a fine to be paid if I do not). It should be my choice whether to assume the risks of a subletter, temporary or long-term.

lsc15y ago

more to the point, nearly all residential leases explicitly prohibit subletting already, so regardless of city law, you are violating your lease by renting out an apartment on the short term without the landlord's permission.

jawngee15y ago

The problem is, in NYC, you cannot sublet your apartment without notifying your landlord. They cannot, however, unreasonably deny the sublet. But you must notify them.

dctoedt15y ago· 1 in thread

Up-voted to offset whoever down-voted you to zero -- I don't necessarily agree with your comment but it's certainly not offensive in any way.

dctoedt15y ago

I see my comment above has collected two down-votes of its own. Res ipsa loquitur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Res_ipsa_loquitur#Latin_phrase).

jim_h15y ago

The landlord can probably kick them out for having extra people living there that's not on the lease or for breaking something in the lease. (My parents are also landlords, though not in NYC.)

Of the places I've been in, the landlord knew about it and didn't care (not noisy or dirty), or it wasn't active enough to cause anybody to notice.

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