Hi,
My landlord has a 2-year lease for my NYC rent-stabilized apartment. That is, he should have it. All of a sudden apparently he thinks he doesn't I guess, because today I just found out that they sent me a notice to cure to sign a new lease about a month ago.
I have not checked the mailbox in all that time, because the mailbox was jammed and the super never fixes anything. Also, I was going to pay to have the mailbox fixed myself, instead of relying on the super (who if he did it at all was likely to do it badly). But I was waiting until I could afford to hire someone to fix the mailbox. I wasn't too worried about having it done immediately, because I never get important mail. I pay all my bills on or before the due date (except currently I am a couple of months behind in rent), and my loved ones send me emails.
Before this period I have never missed rent payments. I missed a couple of months this summer, but have recommenced paying monthly, and I was just about to pay one of the extra months I owe this week actually.
The notice to cure says I must sign a new lease "on or before September 26"!!! Or that the landlord "will elect to commence suit"!!!!
Will they? Is it very likely that they will evict me?
As I said, I signed a 2-year lease effective through August 31, 2017. They must have lost it!
I called them immediately today, but it was Friday at 6 pm, so of course they were closed. I'm so anxious I can't think or do any work.
I spoke to a lawyer online at Just Answer, who says that they are unlikely to try to evict because I missed a notice to cure deadline by a week.
If that is so, however, why would they pretend to have lost the original lease?
If they did lose it, why wait till now (it has been several months) to inform me of it?
Aside from this notice to cure, I have received nothing else. No phone calls, no other mail, etc.
But I went online today to try and pay rent, and I was blocked from making payments. The management office also did not send me a "It is time to pay your rent!" reminder this month, something which has never happened before. These 2 things, and the date on the notice to cure, are what are driving me crazy at the moment.