Eviction in New York

[Above Average Bear]

Originally Posted by freemkt

I've heard stories of landlord angst in rent control cities claiming tenants won't accept their buyout and then the landlord can't evict them. What's the scoop?

The apartment in question is thank God, not rent controlled. It's free market. You of all people should know what that means.

[Above Average Bear]

Originally Posted by freemkt

But the Property Class denies them a free market in which they could buy what they could afford, and are therefore trapped as rent slaves.

IOW, government has taken your side.

What I don't understand is why landlords in rent control cities complain about tenants who won't accept a buyout if the landlord need merely to not renew the lease i.e. the landlord doesn't need to DO anything actively (in normal cases)..

You obviously don't know the NYC real estate market. All renters no matter what situation they are in regarding the form of rental are given rights that are absolutely ridiculous. Government intervention at its worst.

[Kim in FL]

Originally Posted by freemkt

If I knew a landlord was not going to renew, I wouldn't rent from them in the first place.

The facts are pretty much irrelevant; in the absence of a contract stating otherwise -to which landlords would of course never agree - landlords need only say I want, I want, I want.

Have you ever read, or signed, an annual lease? Do you have any idea how the renting process works? Based on your post above, I'm going to say no. I still say you're living in mom's basement and holding out for 'middle management'.

The facts are the ONLY things that matter. The facts are the ONLY thing the judge is going to look at. The facts are the ONLY way the OP is going to be granted an eviction.

You do realize that not every annual lease is renewed...sometimes they are allowed to go month to month, sometimes the landlord refuses renewal, sometimes the tenant decides not to renew and moves.

I'd like to know how you expect a landlord, at the beginning of a annual lease, to decide whether or not he'll renew at the end of the term. A lot can happen in 12 mths.....