Question about no pets and eviction

[razz]

My jurisdiction is: New York

I stupidly bought a puppy about 8 weeks ago even though there is a "no pets" clause in my lease. Be that as it may, my landlord sent me a letter 3 weeks ago stating that I have violated my lease by getting a dog and therefore he wants me to get rid of the dog by April 27th or face the consequences.

I am willing to get rid of the dog, although It's a full breed and I paid quite a lot for it but I'm having trouble by doing it before the deadline, which now, of course, has past. But I told my landlord that I did indeed intend to get rid of it as soon as possible, since my lease is up in June. but he was adamant about it and says that now he won't renew my lease in June even if I did get rid of the dog.

So my question is can he evict me even if I get rid of the dog?

 

[Gail_in_Georgia]

Yes; although he is not evicting you (which takes a court order to do so). Instead, he is simply refusing to renew your lease. There's a difference.

You can now shift your focus from finding a new home for the puppy to finding a new rental that will allow you to keep your dog.

Gail

 

[razz]

Thanks much Gail.

But I have to admit that I was really asking advice for my daughter and her family and so I should give you a little more background.

To wit -- She and her husband, who is on permanent disability because of a really messed up back, have three children (all minors) and live in a small rent-stabilized apartment building in Brooklyn, NY.

They were the ones who bought the dog "stupidly" (but now realize how really dumb of them that was). But aside from that, although they paid their rent in a timely fashion, and were responsible tenants, for one reason or another, they never got along with the landlord, and so he has been trying to "get rid of them" in the last year or so.

To sum up -- So here we have a family with small children and a disabled parent that, although my daughter has a full-time job, simply cannot afford to move due to financial and physical restraints.

So my next question is what are their chances of fighting an eviction and/or
getting the landlord to relent and give them a lease?

 

[Gail_in_Georgia]

As with many of the questions presented to forums such as this, it is important that the initial question include all of the relevant information.

Rent stabilization has some pretty specific regulations regarding issues such as lease renewal. It appears that the tenant must be given a certain amount of notification that the lease will not be renewed: Check out "Why Should I Find Out if My Apartment is Rent Stabilized" in the attached article:

http://www.housingnyc.com/html/guide/basics.html#stabilized

Your daughter and her husband should also have received information on Rent Stabilization in New York with their lease. What does it say in regards to the amount of notice required for renewal (or non-renewal) of the lease, especially in light of a disability?

Gail