Q: Month-to-month lease terminated without reason; what can I do?
I was on a one-year lease that converted to month-to-month after the first year. I've always paid rent seven days before the due date, and the apartment is kept clean. On April 10, I received a termination letter from my landlord stating I need to vacate by May 31, 2025, but it doesn't provide a reason for the termination. There have been no disputes, except for one question I asked her that seemed to upset her. What should I do in this situation, and do I have any legal recourse?
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Hello. You are a tenant in New York State. Tenant rights are controlled by State Law. A tenancy longer than one year cannot have a tenancy ended even though it is now month to month without the landlord providing the written notification that NYS Real Property Law Section 226-C mandated. If the total amount of tenancy time that means lease and month to month is longer than two years the advance upfront notification time is ninety days. More than one but less than two is at least sixty days advance notice.
What you described isn't proper.
You have legal recourse but you are not going to be able to do so without legal type help.
At the end of the process your lawyer convinced the landlord to end the tenancy correctly, and she does so and includes the added Good Cause Eviction Law notice, then what?
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Q: Month-to-month lease terminated without reason; what can I do?
I was on a one-year lease that converted to month-to-month after the first year. I've always paid rent seven days before the due date, and the apartment is kept clean. On April 10, I received a termination letter from my landlord stating I need to vacate by May 31, 2025, but it doesn't provide a reason for the termination. There have been no disputes, except for one question I asked her that seemed to upset her. What should I do in this situation, and do I have any legal recourse?
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