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OP is in Yonkers which is not in NYC. It may be there are some similarities to the rent stablized/subsidized housing in the boroughs but I didn't find anything.
OP, you need to check out what, if any, protection you have as a child of the tenant under the regs in Yonkers.
STT, that's not accurate information for NYC. If you are a child of a leaseholder, all you have to do is prove that you have lived exclusively in that apartment for two years and you can stay there. This is from the NYC Rent Guidelines Board:
What are the rules for succession rights?
In general, it is possible for a person who is an occupant in an apartment leased to a family member to become a tenant (succeed) after the primary tenant leaves if the family member lived in the apartment for two years or more prior to the tenant’s departure, or since the beginning of the tenancy, or since the commencement of the relationship. If the person asserting succession rights is disabled or over 62 years of age then the period of co-occupancy is only one year.
Do I have rights to my Mom's apartment when she moves?
In general, if you are not disabled or over 62 years old, you would be protected by succession if you lived with your mother continuously two years before she left the apartment. If you are disabled or over 62, you would have to live with your mother for at least one year prior to her move. For more information on succession, see the relevant fact sheet.
If you didn't live in the apartment for two years before your mother left, you don't have the right to the apartment and the landlord need not accept you as the primary tenant. S/he could move to evict you. However, if one of your siblings was in residence, he/she might meet the succession criteria and you would be able to live there as an immediate family member. Also, if you lived in the apartment before and left only because were enrolled as a full-time student, serving in the military, or because of a temporary work assignment, or you were hospitalized, the period in which you were away might not count as an absence.
The second half of the OP is entirely too confusing to try and decipher. If this is on the up and up, all that is needed is for a letter to be sent to the landlord stating that mom moved out and requesting a lease in the child-tenant's name. If the landlord disputes their tenancy, driver's licence, bills, taxes, pay stubs, etc., will prove the OP has been living there.
Note that, as discussed, this ruling only applies specifically to NYC rent controlled apartments. As NYAnnie pointed out, apparently the OP is in Yonkers which is not NYC, nor do we know that the unit is under rent control.
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