Business lease (New York)

[PrinceCharming]

I can pay on contingency. Basically, I am suing the landlord for personal injury. You could put a lien on the case.

Can a landlord change locks of a business lease when the lease expires without notice?

 

[You Are Guilty]

I can pay on contingency. Basically, I am suing the landlord for personal injury. You could put a lien on the case.

Can a landlord change locks of a business lease when the lease expires without notice?

Based solely on that extremely lengthy, (overly?) detailed description of all the pertinent facts of your case, my answer is "yes".

Click "find a lawyer" in the box on the right side of your screen for some names.

 

[PrinceCharming]

What about something called a holdover? Doesnt New York State require a 30 day written notice?

 

[You Are Guilty]

What about something called a holdover? Doesnt New York State require a 30 day written notice?

I think you're mixing up the idea of residential vs. commercial leases. The protections automatically provided to residential leases don't necessarily exist in the commercial arena. They might, but the LL is free to override them in the lease. Therefore, since only a moron LL would give a lease with more tenant protection than the law requires, almost every commercial lease permits "self-help" like lock changing.

The only way to know for sure is to read your lease.

 

[PrinceCharming]

Here is the link to New York State Laws.

http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS

Under Real Property Law, Article 7, it discusses various landlord tennant laws. Sometimes it mentions residental and sometimes it mentions nothing. This would imply that under the plain terms, these laws would apply to even commercial leases.

Please take a look at Section 228. Thank You