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Learn to Live Better: A Housing Law Podcast

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If things aren’t going right with your apartment, whether it’s something small or something big, it can throw you off in your career, your personal life, and your health, especially if you are a creative. You want your energy going into your art, your business, your family, and the causes and people you care about, not into grappling with housing issues.  New York City tenants have more rights than tenants anywhere else in America. But NYC tenants also are shockingly uneducated about what those rights are. A right that you don’t know you have is the same as no right at all. And there are so many bits of incomplete information out there, peppered with urban myths about landlord-tenant law.   This podcast will change all that.  In each episode we look at current legal cases and statutes and the real-life apartment stories they give rise to here in the greatest city on earth. And every episode ends with a “Tenant Takeaway”, so you have actionable information to help you make better choices.    The law belongs to you, NYC. But your ownership of the law is only as great as your understanding of the law. So, let’s learn, to live better!  This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It is not legal advice, nor is it a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a qualified attorney. The views expressed are the speaker’s alone and may not reflect those of any organization or employer. Laws evolve, and outcomes depend on specific facts. Listening to this podcast does not create an attorney–client relationship. If you have a legal question, you should seek individualized counsel.

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Episode thumbnail for Episode 60: How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment from a Non-Primary Residence  Case

July 26, 2026

Episode 60: How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment from a Non-Primary Residence Case

In Episode 60, we take a deep dive on how to protect your Rent Stabilized apartment from a Non-Primary Residence claim. This episode is a companion to a FREE 29-page booklet entitled, How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment in Non-Primary Residence and Succession Cases. Links: • Website • Booklet: How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment in Non-Primary Residence and Succession Cases • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com. Music Attribution: Wonderment via RiversideFM Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: TLZMOEIMXEMHSLS1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode thumbnail for Episode 59: Why Your Landlord Still Wants to Evict You From Your Rent Stabilized Apartment, Even After the HSTPA

July 26, 2026

Episode 59: Why Your Landlord Still Wants to Evict You From Your Rent Stabilized Apartment, Even After the HSTPA

In Episode 59, we look at five reasons that landlords still very much want to evict tenants from Rent Stabilized apartments, even after the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 made vacancy way less valuable to landlords. Links: Website FREE Booklet: How to Protect Your Rent Stabilized Apartment in Non-Primary Residence and Succession Cases Suggest Future Topics at: questions@tenantlearningplatform.com Music Licensed via RiversideFM via Soundstripe: Wonderment TBVTWPZGFS36SCN6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode thumbnail for Episode 58: Can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal?

July 26, 2026

Episode 58: Can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal?

In Episode 58, we look at whether you can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal. A court can undo/vacate a stipulation of settlement: • to promote justice and prevent wrong. Foote v. Adams, 232 AD 60 [2d Dept 1931] • when the stipulation of settlement is unjust or harsh, even when fully understood and authorized. Bond v Bond, 260 AD 781, 782 [1940]. • if a stipulation rested on an assumption, which was subsequently proven false. Horodeckyi v Horodniak, 9 AD2d 732 [1st Dept 1959]. • if a stipulation runs contrary to public policy, it may also be vacated. In Re Willie L.C., 65 AD3d 683 [2d Dept 2009]. • in the Rent Stabilization context, where a tenant makes a decision to give up a forever home for not a lot of benefit. 45-48 47th St. Corp. v Murphy, 45 Misc.3d 23 [Appellate Term 2d Dept 2014]. • in the Rent Stabilized context, where a tenant agrees to something that violated Rent Stabilization, such as the tenant agreeing to pay an illegally high rent. Samson Management, LLC v. Cordero, 62 Misc.3d 129(A) [Appellate Term 2018]. • or in the free- market context, where it turns out that the apartment might be Rent Stabilized. 270 Glenmore Ave., LLC v Blondet, 55 Misc.3d 133(A) [Appellate Term 2d Dept 2017]. Links: • Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast - Website • Today’s Case: Clarke v. Haliman, 2025 WL 4036703 [NYC Civ Ct, Bronx Cty 2025] • New York State Unified Court System 2025 Annual Report • NYC Office of Civil Justice FY25 Annual Report • Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com. Attribution: Music licensed via Riverside FM through Soundstripe: Wonderment Code: TLZMOEIMXEMHSLS1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What is Learn to Live Better: A Housing Law Podcast?

If things aren’t going right with your apartment, whether it’s something small or something big, it can throw you off in your career, your personal life, and your health, especially if you are a creative. You want your energy going into your art, your business, your family, and the causes and people you care about, not into grappling with housing issues. 

New York City tenants have more rights than tenants anywhere else in America. But NYC tenants also are shockingly uneducated about what those rights are. A right that you don’t know you have is the same as no right at all. And there are so many bits of incomplete information out there, peppered with urban myths about landlord-tenant law.

 

This podcast will change all that. 

In each episode we look at current legal cases and statutes and the real-life apartment stories they give rise to here in the greatest city on earth. And every episode ends with a “Tenant Takeaway”, so you have actionable information to help you make better choices. 

 

The law belongs to you, NYC. But your ownership of the law is only as great as your understanding of the law. So, let’s learn, to live better! 

This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It is not legal advice, nor is it a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a qualified attorney. The views expressed are the speaker’s alone and may not reflect those of any organization or employer. Laws evolve, and outcomes depend on specific facts. Listening to this podcast does not create an attorney–client relationship. If you have a legal question, you should seek individualized counsel.

How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

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