Help! My landlord is retaliating against me.

[Dvasbulique]

What is the name of your state? New York

My preferential rent lease is going to expire.
My landlord has offered me a new lease at the legal rent.
It is clear that he is retaliating against me for filing a government complaint for needed repairs.

What are my chances of winning this in court?
I cannot request a trial jury but i can have government and his records subpoenaed...hopefully proving that I am the only tenant paying the full legal rent.
This is his way of evicting me since he has to offer me a lease since I always pay my rent on time. He knows that I can’t afford the legal rent…if I could I certainly wouldn’t be living in The South Bronx

Any lawyers or better yet judges out there who can advise on what to do or what my chance are of winning this case.
Also i need someone who knows and has even used the retaliation defense and/or rebuttable presumption.
ANY advice would be greatly appreciated.
Lastly would this be a holdover case or a non-payment case?

 

[south]

What are you on about?????

Your lease is expiring and the landlord is offering you a new lease at the 'legal' rent, so why is this retaliation?

Tenants in a building do not all have to be paying the exact same rent.

If you cannot afford the rent then move the landlord is not a charity nor is he supposed to be subsidizing your hardships.

What is the name of your state? New York

My preferential rent lease is going to expire.
My landlord has offered me a new lease at the legal rent.
It is clear that he is retaliating against me for filing a government complaint for needed repairs.

What are my chances of winning this in court?
I cannot request a trial jury but i can have government and his records subpoenaed...hopefully proving that I am the only tenant paying the full legal rent.
This is his way of evicting me since he has to offer me a lease since I always pay my rent on time. He knows that I can’t afford the legal rent…if I could I certainly wouldn’t be living in The South Bronx

Any lawyers or better yet judges out there who can advise on what to do or what my chance are of winning this case.
Also i need someone who knows and has even used the retaliation defense and/or rebuttable presumption.
ANY advice would be greatly appreciated.
Lastly would this be a holdover case or a non-payment case?

 

[ENASNI]

um

New York has so many tenant leagues google some up. It seems to be the mose tenant friendly state/(city) I have seen.

I did not score these I just did your typing for you.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=new+york+city+bronx+tenant+&btnG=Google+Search

 

[Kazzie]

You were already answered in your previous post dated 9/23!