Tenant eviction for a person occupying a rent-stabilized apartment, under the protection of SCRIE.

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I am a 68 yr. old man, living in a rent-stabiled a[t, in a coop building for over 35 years, and I am concerned that the owner of my apt. might want to take possession of my apt., using the provision in the New York law, which allows the owner to seize the apt, if he claims he wishes to use the apt. for his own use. My rent is frozen under SCRIE, and I should like to know if the owner can file for, and prevail in, a motion for posssession, under the aegis of this exception of the law, which states that a rent-stabilizen tenant cannot be normally be evicted.

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Robert Todd RosenblattLandlord / Tenant LawyerBrooklyn, NY ·
Regardless of the SCRIE exemption that the landlord receives as a result of your tenancy, you also are a rent stabilized tenant. The landlord can not evict you except if you are violating the terms of your lease or if the landlord wants your apartment for his own use or for the use of his immediate family member. Other than the exceptions stated above, as a rent stabilized tenant, you are there for life and the landlord can not evict you.
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