Lease Renewal at Legal Rent for Combined Apartments Was Proper
LVT Number: #19892
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant who refused to renew leases for two adjacent apartments. Tenant claimed that landlord's renewal lease offers were improper. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant had rented two adjacent apartments at different times. The lease for the first apartment charged the legal regulated rent. The lease for the second apartment charged a preferential rent for a limited period. The apartments later were combined. Landlord was entitled to charge the full legal rent for both apartments upon lease renewal, and wasn't limited to the preferential rent.
764 Madison Avenue LLC v. Risse: NYLJ, 9/10/07, p. 18, col. 1 (Civ. Ct. NY; Wendt, J)