Q: Is it against a tenant right for a landlord to prevent them from using the kitchen, stove and refrigerator and hot plate
The occupancy is renting a room within someone’s dwelling
A: Access to a refrigerator and stove are not required to make an apartment "legal" but it sounds like what you are describing may be an illegal apartment nonetheless. We would need more info.
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Dear Tenant:
If you rent a room from a tenant in NYC, your legal status is defined as 'occupant' and, in common parlance, as a Roommate. No superior law demands, when you do so, that the tenant provides you more than the room and use of a bathroom.
A: Landlords are not legally permitted to subdivide and rent out separate areas of an individual apartment to different tenants. If you are renting directly from the owner of the building, you should give serious consideration to speaking with and retaining an attorney to assist you.
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