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**JTS_tv** · 07-13-2008, 12:53 AM

The only violation here is Rangel's supposed use of a Rent Stabilized unit in which he does not reside for business purposes -- the law requires that such an apartment be used for the "Primary Residence" of the tenant. The legal cure is eviction from the RS unit. So Rangel will clearly need to look for another place to do business.

Case law allows the combining of RS units. Rangel occupies as his residence ONE RS unit (which was formerly 3 separate units, since combined into 1 contiguous unit). By all appearances everything about his residential tenancy -- including the amount of rent due & paid --complies with the law.

The headline regarding "Four Rent-Stabilized Apartments" is misleading.

07-13-2008, 12:53 AM	#4
JTS_tv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 572 Senior Member	The only violation here is Rangel's supposed use of a Rent Stabilized unit in which he does not reside for business purposes -- the law requires that such an apartment be used for the "Primary Residence" of the tenant. The legal cure is eviction from the RS unit. So Rangel will clearly need to look for another place to do business. Case law allows the combining of RS units. Rangel occupies as his residence ONE RS unit (which was formerly 3 separate units, since combined into 1 contiguous unit). By all appearances everything about his residential tenancy -- including the amount of rent due & paid --complies with the law. The headline regarding "Four Rent-Stabilized Apartments" is misleading.
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