WAY O/T - Need some legal help

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Posted By: howard

My work relates to apartments in NYC and I have a couple of observations:

1) your house sounds plenty big enough to raise a child until your lease runs out. I know of several tenants w/a child or even children living in apartments between 250 and 700 square feet (although I don't recommend a 250 sq ft apt.)

2) It is my understanding that, at least in NYC, if a tenant wants to break a lease the landlord must make a good faith effort to rent the property and the former renters would only be on the hook for the time the apartment is vacant.

3) From what you write it does not sound like the landlord is being unreasonable. Perhaps I'm missing something but it seems like you want to break your lease w/o any financial ramifications. I would like to hear his side of the story.