What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY
Please help my roommate and I settle a tenant matter:
On May 1st, I began renting a room. (Location: NYC)
My roommate is the leaseholder and requested a security deposit delivered on the 14th of April. I provided both the deposit and first month’s rent in the form of money orders (both over $1000).
She also requested I sign a sublease, but did give one to sign.
During the second week of May, I discovered a medical concern and went to the clinic, which then directed me immediately to a specialist and also scheduled a surgical appointment at the hospital.
Throughout the last several weeks, I have had several appointments to the clinic and hospital. I am not an employee with benefits and have had to make up this time off work each evening and weekend. The medical expenses (office visits and determined treatment options) will be paid out of pocket.
With the uncertainty of my medical health and incurring medical expenses, I told my roommate on May 19th that I wanted to give my notice to leave the apartment.
I provided her with the background … and why I had not been home very often. I wanted to make it clear that it was not the apartment situation that made me decide to leave after only a few weeks.
I understood this was putting her in stressful situation since she would have to search for another roommate, so I offered to help screen people. I offered to move out on the first if she needed me to, or to stay until the 19th if she needed me to. Basically, I offered to be as flexible as possible.
My roommate said she would look for people immediately. Then she said the Memorial Day holiday would make it more difficult to find someone. So far, she has seen a dozen people but has not found anyone.
She said it is possible she might find someone by the 15th, but is asking me to pay for June’s rent. I asked if I could pay to the 19th and then prorate if someone moved in sooner, but she wants the full amount of June. She is not willing to use my security deposit to pay for my last month of rent because she gave My security deposit to her last roommate to pay back the roommate’s security deposit. (The true deposit is with the landlord from the original roommate and every deposit since then has been handed from a current roommate to the former roommate).
I am not used to this system of giving security deposits to former roommates as refund deposits, but apparently this is how it works in NYC.
My roommate wants me to pay June’s rent [and] hold my deposit money.
I am nervous to provide another month’s rent.
She is the only one who can make a roommate selection. Rentals space move pretty quickly in the city, but so far she has not found anyone she likes and I am nervous. So is it possible I will end up paying May, June, and she will use my deposit on July....even though I gave notice in May?
As an aside, she has told me she is showing the room until after 9pm every evening, so I am not able to use the space until late each night. I don't want my stresses to cause her stress and I hope for to find the right person for her living situation. I feel bad that she has to spend extra time to look for a new person. But how can I protect myself? How can we both be legally protected?
Please help my roommate and I settle a tenant matter:
On May 1st, I began renting a room. (Location: NYC)
My roommate is the leaseholder and requested a security deposit delivered on the 14th of April. I provided both the deposit and first month’s rent in the form of money orders (both over $1000).
She also requested I sign a sublease, but did give one to sign.
During the second week of May, I discovered a medical concern and went to the clinic, which then directed me immediately to a specialist and also scheduled a surgical appointment at the hospital.
Throughout the last several weeks, I have had several appointments to the clinic and hospital. I am not an employee with benefits and have had to make up this time off work each evening and weekend. The medical expenses (office visits and determined treatment options) will be paid out of pocket.
With the uncertainty of my medical health and incurring medical expenses, I told my roommate on May 19th that I wanted to give my notice to leave the apartment.
I provided her with the background … and why I had not been home very often. I wanted to make it clear that it was not the apartment situation that made me decide to leave after only a few weeks.
I understood this was putting her in stressful situation since she would have to search for another roommate, so I offered to help screen people. I offered to move out on the first if she needed me to, or to stay until the 19th if she needed me to. Basically, I offered to be as flexible as possible.
My roommate said she would look for people immediately. Then she said the Memorial Day holiday would make it more difficult to find someone. So far, she has seen a dozen people but has not found anyone.
She said it is possible she might find someone by the 15th, but is asking me to pay for June’s rent. I asked if I could pay to the 19th and then prorate if someone moved in sooner, but she wants the full amount of June. She is not willing to use my security deposit to pay for my last month of rent because she gave My security deposit to her last roommate to pay back the roommate’s security deposit. (The true deposit is with the landlord from the original roommate and every deposit since then has been handed from a current roommate to the former roommate).
I am not used to this system of giving security deposits to former roommates as refund deposits, but apparently this is how it works in NYC.
My roommate wants me to pay June’s rent [and] hold my deposit money.
I am nervous to provide another month’s rent.
She is the only one who can make a roommate selection. Rentals space move pretty quickly in the city, but so far she has not found anyone she likes and I am nervous. So is it possible I will end up paying May, June, and she will use my deposit on July....even though I gave notice in May?
As an aside, she has told me she is showing the room until after 9pm every evening, so I am not able to use the space until late each night. I don't want my stresses to cause her stress and I hope for to find the right person for her living situation. I feel bad that she has to spend extra time to look for a new person. But how can I protect myself? How can we both be legally protected?
