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Rights as a Subletter in NYC
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peras515
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Posted 7 months ago
Wed Jul 29 2009 20:27:27
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What are your rights in NYC if you are not on the lease? I am renting an apt in NYC and found bed bugs in my bed. I am not on the lease, and am living here by a verbal agreement with a tenant who has told the landlord verbally I am here. My roommates, tenants on the lease, do not have bed bugs and do not want to help get rid of them. Can I talk to the landlord directly? Do I have any rights? What steps should I take?
Please help.
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Posted 7 months ago
Thu Jul 30 2009 10:10:11
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Hello --
A few notes.
First, you don't have bed bugs, your apartment does. Lots of people do not ever react to bed bug bites, or do not initially react. Your roommates may be among them.
They need to get away from thinking you are infested, they aren't. The apartment is and their rooms may or may not be affected at this time. ANY of you may have brought bed bugs in, or they may have wandered in through the walls from a neighbor.
The person you sublet the room from may have had them and not reacted and had no idea, since they are so hard to spot.
So I would work on having your roommates report this as an apartment issue, so the landlord will hire someone to fix it. The whole apartment will likely need treatment.
If they persist in insisting its your issue, then call New York's Met Council on Housing (link in our RESOURCES tab at top). They know housing law in and out and will give you good, free advice.
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