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Was the author sub-letting his apartment on a temporary basis via air bnb? Would that be legal in NYC? Maybe the fact his landlord found out and blacklisted him

• MichaelCrawford 11y ago
  I was once an illegal subletter. The actual tenant moved out, and so notified me that I was being evicted. I protested to the apartment manager, who told me that I could not possibly be subletting, because subletting was contractually forbidden. "That may be true, but even so I was subletting." The tenant left a huge mess when he moved out. I told the manager that I removed everything from the fridge, cleaned it thoroughly then put back in the fridge everything that did not belong to me. I was invited to rent some other apartment in the same complex but oddly was not permitted to stay in the apartment I was subletting. A couple weeks later the tenant called me on the phone to demand compensation for all the cleaning, hauling and dump fees he had to pay. "I had to sell my truck," he said. "I removed everything from the apartment that belonged to me," I replied. "I understand" he said woefully. I never heard from him again. This experience made me a lot wiser about how I search for housing. There were many red flags such as his response to my requirement that my new place be near public transit. "There's a bus stop nearby, I'll pick you up in my truck." "nearby" in truck miles is a lot closer than in walking miles.