Episodes

  • Episode 3: Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically?

    Episode 3: Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically?
    Dec 24 2025
    Can your landlord up-charge you for paying rent electronically? Those charges sure add up over time. For that matter, can the landlord charge you an extra fee for paying manually – with a check, cash, or money order? If you don’t pay electronically, how can you document that you’ve paid? Do you have a right to a receipt? What type of receipt? And how soon after you pay manually must the landlord give you the receipt? What if you are a subtenant, do the answers change? What if you are Rent Stabilized, do the answers change? These are the questions we are tackling in this Episode 3 of Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast. Links: • DHCR Fact Sheet 44 • Email us with topic suggestions. questions@tenantlearningplatform.com Like, subscribe, review, share – these are the best ways to get this information to more New Yorkers who need it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Episode 2: Can problems with your building's amenities be addressed economically and quickly by a tenant class action?

    Episode 2: Can problems with your building's amenities be addressed economically and quickly by a tenant class action?
    Dec 21 2025
    Are you having a problem with the amenities in your building? Well amenities are usually common elements so if you’re having a problem, maybe the other tenants in your building are having the same problem. Could a class action lawsuit, be an economical and easy way for you and your neighbors to take collective action against your landlord to fix whatever is wrong? We look at a case where the tenants did just that, involving a pool! Links: Today’s Case Suggest future topics at questions@tenantlearningplatform.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Introducing Learn to Live Better: A Housing Law Podcast

    Introducing Learn to Live Better: A Housing Law Podcast
    Nov 3 2025
    This is a podcast for all types of New York City tenants. Whether you are renting a luxury apartment, are a starving artist sleeping on your friend’s couch, or are part of the vast, forgotten middle class, this is the podcast that will educate you about the many rights that you do not even that you have! 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. 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! The content in this podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not legal, financial, medical, or professional advice. No attorney-client or other professional relationship is formed by listening. Always consult a qualified professional for advice on your specific situation. Views are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of any employer or partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min