There is an element of turkey voting for christmas in asking landlords if they would accept reduced rent.

Moreover, Section 232 c. of the state's Real Property law says that when a tenant remains beyond the lease term and the landlord accepts rent after that, the tenant is governed by the rules that pertain to month-to-month tenancies.

B. Lease contracting or accepting rent using legal documents approved for the area in which the property is located.

That may well mean that Rolex will have to accept somewhat less rent than aggressive tourist traps are willing to pay.

A tenancy that arises when someone remains in possession of a property after the expiration of the previous tenancy and is recognised by the landlord by accepting rent.

A neurologist, Ira Casson, gave him space in his office on Queens Boulevard for two years but refused to accept rent.

A. Lucas A. Ferrara, a Manhattan real estate lawyer, said that a landlord is under no legal obligation to accept rent once a lease has ended.

Monthly Tenants And Evictions Q: I understand that there is a provision in the law regarding the eviction of a month-to-month tenant that allows a landlord to accept rent from the tenant, without jeopardizing the landlord's position, after the action to evict has begun.

"If I were advising the landlord, I would tell him never to accept rent from a subtenant, since the landlord's only legal relationship is with the prime tenant," he said.

The management sent me a letter to sign which says that my son can live with me as an "occupant," but that it will not accept rent from anyone else but me and will not agree to my requests.