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    Default What Are My Rights for Lease Renewal, I'm a Roommate Not on Lease

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: New York

    I have been living in an apartment for 3 years with a roommate who is on the lease. I am not, due to credit history. The said roommate is moving out, and not renewing the lease obviously. What rights do I have for wanting to remain in this apartment once the lease expires? I have paid rent on this apartment to my roommate, not the landlord, for the last 3 years. I plan to ask the landlord about staying on, but am sure because of my credit history I will be denied. Am I forced to move out as well, or is there something I can do to convince the landlord that I have been a tenant here and be allowed to remain and prove that I will be responsible paying the rent?

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    Default Re: What Are My Rights for Lease Renewal, I'm a Roommate Not on Lease

    If you are not on the lease, then all you can do is speak to the management but it's their decision. It matters not who paid the rent, it's who signed the lease that counts.

    You most likely will be asked to complete an application and go through the process (credit/criminal background check, etc.) Other than that, you have no recourse to stay there. If the lease-holder is terminating the lease and leaving, you must do so also if your request to stay is denied.

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