Hold Onto Your Home: Succession Rights in New York
Como defender tu casa: Los derechos de sucesión en Nueva York
保護您的家: 紐約市繼承權法律
Manhattan Legal Services (a program of Legal Services NYC) is pleased to provide new multilingual resources for New York City residents who need to establish succession rights in order to remain in their rent-stabilized apartments.
There are over one million rent-stabilized units in New York City. Succession rights allow a remaining occupant to become the tenant of record in a rent-stabilized apartment when the prior tenant of record permanently leaves by moving out or dying. However, establishing succession rights can be a confusing and stressful process for many tenants.
On this page, New Yorkers can access videos and fact sheets that will help them to understand the requirements for eligibility, what steps to take to start the process, and, importantly, what not to do to avoid potentially jeopardizing their claim. The videos and fact sheets are available in English, Spanish, and Cantonese.
Fact Sheet: Succession Rights (PDF)
Como defender tu casa: Los derechos de sucesión en Nueva York
Hoja informativa sobre derechos de sucesión (PDF)
保護您的家: 紐約市繼承權法律
繼承租金穩定公寓 律師：何時提出申請至關重要 When to assert your succession claim for your rent regulated apartment未通知房東搬離穩租公寓,租客兒子喪失公寓繼承權 Without notifying landlord about moving out of rent stabilized apartment, tenant’s son lost apartment’s succession rights
租金管制公寓繼承權有例外,華男險遭房東驅逐 Rent regulated apartment’s succession rights have exceptions: Chinatown tenant at risk of facing eviction from landlord租金管制公寓居住不滿兩年,繼承權規定有特例或仍可繼承 Living in Rent regulated apartment for less than two years: Succession Rights’ requirements have exceptions and tenants may still be able to succeed
爭取租金管制公寓繼承權,律師建議民眾妥善保留重要文件 Fighting for rent regulated apartment’s succession rights: Attorney advise the public to properly keep important documents
租金管制公寓繼承權有講究,非傳統家庭成員或可繼承 Pay attention to rent regulated apartment’s succession rights: non-traditional family members might be able to succeed
未獲房屋局書面許可,華男喪母後失公屋繼承權 Without receiving NYCHA’s written permission, Chinatown tenant lost public housing’s succession rights after mother’s death
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Through the work of our Housing Units, Manhattan Legal Services and Legal Services NYC are at the forefront of the fight to prevent evictions, preserve affordable housing, and ensure that our clients’ apartments are safe. New Yorkers who need legal assistance, including with housing and succession rights cases, should call our Citywide Access Line from Monday through Friday, 9:30am to 4pm. Dial 917-661-4500 to speak to an intake officer in any language.