Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New York
Renting laws to a business. windows, bath room full floor.
When My Husband died & I took over the business, we where renting 1/2 a floor. In feb 2004, my landlord told me I had to rent the hole floor. He raise my rent from 1000 to 2500. The floor had some one else things, on one half. Most of the things was taken off. But a 1/4 of the things where not. The hearter dose not work on the floor. Windows are broken. The elevater I can not get half of the times, because another mover holds it on his floor & locks on his floor. My bath room has not worked in a year. My office has been flooded twice, from the up stairs bath room. I had always paid the rent, until know. Because I am late with the rent, he told the other mover not to give me the elvevater. The landlord and the other mover is stopping me from working. Is this legal, if your behind in the rent, & what can I do? I am the only women business in their, & my rent was raise higher then all of them. My landlord knows how much it would cost for me to move, because he is in the same business as I. I have no lease, but the other companpies do. He will not give me a lease. Can you advise me? I am the smallest company their, and I have been living a nightmar for the pass three years. I can not aford to move.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Renting laws to a business. windows, bath room full floor.
It is unfortunate, but this landlord has the 'hammer'. You must start looking for a new place. You can minimize the impact on your costs and your business by controlling the time and process of moving.
The landlord is an obvious bad person and this will not get better.
There is one other alternative. That is to fight back. The landlord has violated the lease. I can file a lawsuit (and I will give you a discounted rate because I understand your position. In 1991 it happened to me.)
Then, after the lawsuit is filed, we get the landlord to pay your moving costs.
This is a reasonable plan that I have implemented with other businesspeople.
You are welcome to a consultation for no fee.
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