bitterfame
Jul 19, 2008, 12:31 PM
Here is the current issue I'm having:
My friend and I decided to sublet a room in an apartment together for the months of July and August. We paid our July rent, along with a 1000$ security deposit. It was verbally agreed that we would be staying from July 1 until the end of August (this can be proven via emails). I got a call yesterday from the guy we're subletting from saying he has a "family emergency" which he refuses to go into any detail about, and that he needs our room. He is giving us until Aug 1 to move out.
We are in the state of NY, in NYC, so what is the law governing verbal agreements here? Both my roommate and I are witness to his agreement, and we have emails to back us up. We also had us all sign a piece of paper saying that the security deposit would be returned when we moved out. I don't believe that he is on the lease, and he said that if we had any problems to take it up with the woman who lives downstairs who is on the lease. She has the final say.
What are me and my roommates legal rights?
My friend and I decided to sublet a room in an apartment together for the months of July and August. We paid our July rent, along with a 1000$ security deposit. It was verbally agreed that we would be staying from July 1 until the end of August (this can be proven via emails). I got a call yesterday from the guy we're subletting from saying he has a "family emergency" which he refuses to go into any detail about, and that he needs our room. He is giving us until Aug 1 to move out.
We are in the state of NY, in NYC, so what is the law governing verbal agreements here? Both my roommate and I are witness to his agreement, and we have emails to back us up. We also had us all sign a piece of paper saying that the security deposit would be returned when we moved out. I don't believe that he is on the lease, and he said that if we had any problems to take it up with the woman who lives downstairs who is on the lease. She has the final say.
What are me and my roommates legal rights?