QUESTION
Signed an illegal lease. Now what?
Asked on Dec 06th, 2012 on Landlord and Tenant Law - New York
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Landlord insists on inspection rights, and guest approval requirements that violate state law. We have cat that was verbally agreed on, despite lease forbidding pets. Landlord now claims cat invalid, is lease violation. Has threatened to show property despite us having lease. Am afraid landlord can use issue to declare lease invalid, throw us out. What are our options?
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The best advice is to discuss this with an attorney where you live. It is unclear what you mean by an 'illegal lease', whether you already have possession, how long you have lived there, and these 'inspection rights'.
Gerry Wendrovsky, Esq.- Upper West Side Tenant Lawyer
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Answered on Dec 12th, 2012 at 5:32 PM