New York, NY asked in Civil Rights, Landlord - Tenant and Military Law for New York

Q: How can I get this issue resolved and keep the apartment ?

My friends mother passed away he spoke about keeping the apartment but nothing was finalized since he had to go to the army. Building knew we were moving in and always greeted us even came to fix things in the apartment but no one told us that we couldn’t be here. Today my boyfriend goes to finalize everything and they told him that there is a court case open and we might lose the apartment. Is there anyway we can save it and keep it since we’ve already moved in

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Sabra M. Janko
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A: It sounds like this may be an inheritance issue. It depends on what the will says. The fact that you are living there will not be relevant if he does not own the apartment. He may be able to assume payments if the will provides for that.

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