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Hi, I am the sole lease holder on a lease that is expiring shortly and my roommate is the registered occupant. She is moving out and someone is looking to move in to take her place. I would like to renew the lease instead of signing a new lease, as a new lease would require a re-qualification fee and an increase in rent. The leasing agency will not let me add a co-tenant to the renewal lease however, so it would have to again be a new registered occupant (unless I want to sign a whole new lease). My question is, is there any document I can have written up as the leaseholder that has legal binding so that the occupant is responsible for paying their portion of the rent?
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Landlord and Tenant Law Attorney serving New York, NY
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Goldberg & Lindenberg, P.C.
If you are rent stabilized you are entitled to a renewal lease. If you are not stabilized, your landlord can impose any terms that he desires.
Answered on Oct 12th, 2017 at 6:55 AM
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