Breaking a Tri-Hill Management Lease: Assignment or Sublet?

Step 1 · Permission

Ask Tri-Hill for assignment terms before advertising.

Email info@trihill.com or call 646-485-0910. Include the address, apartment, leaseholders, lease end date, and preferred move date.

Say if one roommate is leaving or you intend to return. Use the notice method required by your lease and ask who will coordinate the incoming application.

Step 2 · Written terms

Get the replacement’s offer and your exit terms in writing.

• Rent and term: approved price, dates, concessions, and recurring charges.
• Application: qualification criteria, document list, and submission link.
• Costs: any assignment charge, screening, final rent, and security.
• Release: your last rent date, required signatures, and guarantor treatment.

Confirm whether the replacement takes the remaining lease or signs a new one. Ask what work, if any, must happen before they can move in.

Assignment or sublet?

Choose the agreement based on whether you plan to return.

Assignment and subletting follow different New York consent rules. A temporary sublet generally keeps you responsible for rent and lease compliance.

Step 3 · Qualification

Screen against the requirements leasing gives you.

Ask for the income, credit, and guarantor criteria for your apartment. Confirm whether income can be combined and which records or lawful alternatives management accepts.

Check the candidate’s move date, household, pets, guarantor needs, and ability to produce the requested documents. If the apartment has an admission program, confirm its intake process before offering a private takeover.

Step 4 · Application

Send the replacement to the correct application and reviewer.

Tri-Hill lists online applications and resident screening among its leasing services. Ask the leasing contact to issue the link and checklist for your replacement.

• Check the apartment number, approved rent, term, and proposed start.
• Include everyone applying, occupying, or guaranteeing the lease.
• Send financial records directly through the designated application route.
• Ask the reviewer to confirm completeness and explain the remaining signing steps.

The resident page also covers renters-insurance documents. Ask what coverage and effective date the incoming renter needs, and arrange the end of your own policy with the insurer.

Step 5 · Find the replacement

Use accurate photos and an agreed handover date.

Prepare the listing around management’s rent, dates, charges, and applicant criteria. Arrange showing access around the occupied apartment and make clear what the replacement will receive.

Tri-Hill’s services include virtual staging. If staged images are used, label them and explain what furniture or finishes are actually included. Show the apartment’s condition, not just an illustration.

• Access: agree on showing notice, hours, attendance, and keys.
• Readiness: confirm clearing, cleaning, repairs, and who approves completion.
• Furniture or incentives: put the items, amount, payment date, and conditions in writing.

Do not promise possession until management confirms the agreement and apartment will be ready.

Fees and security

Get the assignment quote and final rent date before booking the move.

Ask for an itemized proposal covering any assignment or termination charge, screening, final rent, security, and other services. Confirm when payments are due and what happens if the replacement does not proceed.

• Final rent: agree on your last day and any mid-month proration.
• Security: confirm your accounting and the incoming renter’s deposit.
• Services: arrange utilities, insurance, and any recurring account closure.
• Brokerage: agree on the marketing work and fee in writing.

For covered screening, New York law limits reimbursement to actual cost or $20, whichever is less, with report, receipt, and recent-report waiver requirements.

Approval and handoff

Finish the release, payments, and apartment preparation before keys change hands.

Coordinate applicant review, signatures, required payments, any work, and the possession date. Ask management to confirm that the conditions have been met.

• Check the release for every departing tenant and guarantor.
• Photograph the condition and finish agreed clearing or repairs.
• Arrange moving access, keys, devices, utilities, and insurance dates.
• Provide a forwarding address and retain the final ledger and security accounting.

Keep the signed documents and completion confirmation. A portal update or approved application does not replace the agreement ending your obligations.

Find a replacement renter

I can help turn management’s terms into a listing and a qualified applicant.

I prepare the listing, manage inquiries and showings, screen prospective renters, and help the selected applicant complete management’s requirements. Management makes the approval decision. My role and broker fee are agreed in writing before marketing starts.

Send the address, rent, lease end date, preferred move date, and management’s reply.

Discuss my lease

For the broader legal options, see the NYC lease-break guide.