Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in New York

Deemed Lease

We received a lease renewal packet

from our landlord in March, set it

aside, and forgot about it. On April

30th we received an email regarding

the fact that we hadn't responded.

On May 6th I sent an email stating

that I would not be continuing the

lease. Now the landlord is saying

that since we didn't give them 60

days notice (only 54 days notice)

they will be deeming the lease and

we are going to be bound to it for

another year. How can my NOT

signing a document contractually

obligate me for another year? As far

as i know there is nothing about this

in the original lease but I could be

wrong. Is there any way for me to

get out of this without losing my

shirt?


Asked on 5/11/09, 1:42 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Graig Zappia Tully Rinckey PLLC

Re: Deemed Lease

Depending upon the lease terminology, you may be able to end the lease in the not-so-distant future. In order to fully advise you on this, I would need to read the lease and prepare a response accordingly. Since it would take no time at all, dealing with an attorney experienced in this area is not costly and would be worth your while. Contact my firm for additional information.

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Answered on 5/12/09, 8:35 am


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