My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: New York City
Hi-
I'm illegally subletting an apartment; the person I'm subletting from is not profiting from the situation. The landlord just re-upped the lease, but is suspicious b/c the previous sublettor ratted out the lease-holder due to a dispute over the security deposit. Fortunately the lease-holder had a good relationship with the landlords and had covered her tracks in terms of bills etc., and so and got away with it. This was maybe 8 months ago.
However the leaseholder has learned from the super that the landlords are suspicious. As a result, she wants to formally request to her landlord that she legally sublet the apartment. On the one hand I don't want the extra 10% rent increase. On the other hand, I don't want to get evicted.
My question is this: do you think that a formal request to sublet the apartment after the landlords have been suspicious is in anyway a mistake? Could it in anyway exacerbate the situation? Could they say "no" b/c they already don't believe its her primary residence?
The leaseholder is anxious to get the ball moving on the formal sublease, so I'd love to get an answer quickly.
Thanks!
Adam

