My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: New York
We have been subleasing our apt for over a year. We only have a verbal agreement with the lease holder, who doesn't reside here. He has been defaulting on his payments and has now been served with an eviction order. The rent demands and court orders have been getting sent to our apt under his name. We have been trying to call him for days but have received no reply. Very unsure of what our rights are, if any, and what course of action we should take. In an ideal world we would like to just take over his lease but the apt is rent controlled and we understand that owner might just use this as an opportunity to evict us and raise the rent.
Please help.
Many Thanks

