If the deck is considered part of the apartment, the landlord could succeed in evicting you from the apartment.

Do I have to pay rent?

An applicant for an apartment is usually also a tenant instead of merely an occupant. An occupant is not responsible under the lease for rent...

It is not particularly unusual for tenants to have to deal with issues like lack of heat or other violations in basement apartments. This is...

What rights do I have to evict a senior from a rent stabilized apt. I own in NYC? He has not paid his electric bill in 2 yrs.

If the tenant's rent stabilized lease does not require the tenant to pay the electric charges as additional rent, you may not have a right to...

How can I transfer a mortgage into my name?

Generally, a lender will not simply add you to an existing mortgage. Instead, you would be required to refinance the loan. Since you are not...

What are potential complications to evicting a toxic parent when I am the sole leaseholder?

I would note that Rent-Control tenants are statutory tenants and do not have leases.

What are my options

If the apartment is rent-regulated, the info on this site is helpful: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/rentguidelinesboard/resources/succession-rights.page

Can a landlord ask her tenants to move within 30 days prior to a 2 year lease expiring?

Regardless of how wonderful a tenant may have behaved during the term of a lease, a landlord has no obligation to extend the term of a lease beyond...

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If the "guest" has the consent of at least one of the owners, another owner cannot unilaterally extinguish that consent.

Once a lease is fully executed it cannot simply be thrown away without the consent of all parties. However, if you do not have a copy of the fully...