Good afternoon,
My wife and I have been month-to-month since our lease expired on Nov. 30, 2018. Based on everything I've read here and elsewhere, we are not required to provide any notice and can vacate by August 31 without having to pay any additional rent. Our landlord has told us that notice must be provided on the first of the month or an additional month's rent is necessary.
Our expired leases - again, expired in November 2018 - does not contain any information regarding notice, save for the following line in the description of the unit:
"2nd Floor, 1 bedroom apartment with all appurtenances, for a term of one year, with a (3) thirty-day written notice, ending on November 30, 2018 at 12 o'clock p.m."
Would this line in an expired lease govern the way in which we vacate our month-to-month lease now? To me, it seems like it simply reiterates the New York State Real Property Law 232-a.