- Jurisdiction
- New York
Hello,
My lease started from Dec 2018 and ended on 21st Nov 2019. Because of a 60 day notice period, as I informed the property manager in the last week of October 2019 that I do not want to renew the lease and would like to terminate, they forced me to pay the rent for December 2019 as well. I already had an apartment for December 2019 and was paying rent there.
Now, it is mentioned on the lease agreement that there is a month to month lease. In the lease agreement the rate for month to month lease is not mentioned. However, I did not sign any month to month lease agreement with them for December 2019. Also, the person in the lease office did not tell me anything about the actual rate when I went to them on October 2019.
So, I paid the normal rent for December 2019 and at present they have charged a month to month rent which is 3 times that of the normal rent and forcing me to pay the balance. Is this lawful ? I am not sure, please advise. When I told them that I was not aware of the month to month rate they produced a renewal notice with all the rates but it does not have any signature of mine, neither do I remember signing any such document. I have asked them for a copy of any agreement I signed and submitted. Both my lease and this notice is attached. I feel that they are extorting me as they forced me to stay through December and are now also imposing this new rent which is 3 times that of the usual monthly charge.
My lease started from Dec 2018 and ended on 21st Nov 2019. Because of a 60 day notice period, as I informed the property manager in the last week of October 2019 that I do not want to renew the lease and would like to terminate, they forced me to pay the rent for December 2019 as well. I already had an apartment for December 2019 and was paying rent there.
Now, it is mentioned on the lease agreement that there is a month to month lease. In the lease agreement the rate for month to month lease is not mentioned. However, I did not sign any month to month lease agreement with them for December 2019. Also, the person in the lease office did not tell me anything about the actual rate when I went to them on October 2019.
So, I paid the normal rent for December 2019 and at present they have charged a month to month rent which is 3 times that of the normal rent and forcing me to pay the balance. Is this lawful ? I am not sure, please advise. When I told them that I was not aware of the month to month rate they produced a renewal notice with all the rates but it does not have any signature of mine, neither do I remember signing any such document. I have asked them for a copy of any agreement I signed and submitted. Both my lease and this notice is attached. I feel that they are extorting me as they forced me to stay through December and are now also imposing this new rent which is 3 times that of the usual monthly charge.