Question:
My friend’s mother passed away, and now the landlord is trying to evict him from her apartment, which is rent controlled. She and he had started the paperwork to add him to the lease, but she died before it was completed. While she was sick, he took care of the rent. Is there anything he can do?
Answer:
“Whether or not an occupant may ‘inherit,’ or succeed to, a regulated apartment is governed by New York State law,” said Jonathan H. Newman, a Manhattan real estate lawyer.
That law protects an array of family members — like spouses, children, stepchildren, brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, fathers- or mothers-in-law and sons- or daughters-in-law — or others who have lived with the tenant and can prove there was an “emotional and financial commitment and interdependence” with the tenant.
By Jay Romano
Source: New York Times – U.S.A.
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