While lately the Courts in New York are starting to look
with disfavor as to this kind of proceeding and the tenant may well win
the litigation or receive an adverse result short of eviction if the
tenant loses, the short answer here is do not make any substantial
alterations in your apartment whether regulated or unregulated without
the written consent of the landlord.
If you get into this type of litigation in New York you
are going to find you are going to need a lawyer and the litigation
whether you win or lose really was never worth it to the tenant in terms
of time and expense.
So your kitchen cabinets are rotting and roach infested
you cannot go on living this way — what do you do?
If you want to change them or such other condition in
the apartment, you can sit right down and write the following nature of
letter to your landlord:
Suit for Violation of
Lease 