So their examples are someone illegally subletting their apartment (find me a Brooklyn waiter whose lease allows subletting) and someone who benefits from the taxed, regulated high hotel prices to by renting their spare room short-term. It's not terribly convincing, noble as the cause might be.
The right to sublease is guaranteed by New York's landlord-tenant law.
"A tenant renting a residence pursuant to an existing lease in a dwelling having four or more residential units shall have the right to sublease his premises subject to the written consent of the landlord in advance of the subletting. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld."
N.Y.S. Real Property Law, Section 226-b(2)(a).
So that Brooklyn waiter shouldn't be too hard to find.
I don't know where your reading of the law is going wrong, but I know that isn't true at all. For example, our coop did not allow subleasing of rentals.
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So their examples are someone illegally subletting their apartment (find me a Brooklyn waiter whose lease allows subletting) and someone who benefits from the taxed, regulated high hotel prices to by renting their spare room short-term. It's not terribly convincing, noble as the cause might be.
The right to sublease is guaranteed by New York's landlord-tenant law.
"A tenant renting a residence pursuant to an existing lease in a dwelling having four or more residential units shall have the right to sublease his premises subject to the written consent of the landlord in advance of the subletting. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld."
N.Y.S. Real Property Law, Section 226-b(2)(a).
So that Brooklyn waiter shouldn't be too hard to find.
Landlords in NYC are legally entitled to credit-check subtenants, among many other details.
Not a right, but it's not illegal, either. "Subject to written consent" seems pretty reasonable since the landlord does own the place.
I don't know where your reading of the law is going wrong, but I know that isn't true at all. For example, our coop did not allow subleasing of rentals.