Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New York

My wife and I are stuck in a lease in NYC despite having left the city (and state) at the end of June. The landlord would let us out of the lease, if we found a qualified tenant to take it over. The problem is that rents have dropped and no one is willing to take the apartment at it's current rent. We are willing to subsidize the rent, but knowing that they will have to give up the apartment or face a big rent increase at the end of January is scaring off most potential tenants.
The reason we left NYC is that I got very lucky and landed a job in Colorado. At the time that we renewed the lease, we had no reasonable expectation that this would happen. Now, paying double rent in NY and CO is depleting our savings ...
Is there any way for us to get out to this lease?
Markus

Asked on 9/01/09, 2:44 pm

Thomas Sirianni The Law Office of Thomas A. Sirianni

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There are numnerous ways to get out of the lease. However, I would need to review it fist to give you an answer that is competant.

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Tommy

Answered on 9/10/09, 11:23 am

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