Breaking a Werber Lease: Assignment or Sublet?

Step 1 · Permission

Ask the manager handling your lease for the replacement route.

Use the contact on your current lease or recent management notices. At Roosevelt Parc, the building’s leasing office publishes leasing@rooseveltparc.com and 212-366-5034. Ask who handles owner consent, the incoming application, and your release.

Say whether everyone is leaving, one roommate is changing, or you plan to return. Follow the notice method in your lease.

Step 2 · Written terms

Get the terms that the replacement can actually accept.

• Rent and dates: approved price, remaining term or new lease, concessions, and conditional start.
• Application: the unit’s requirements, checklist, submission link, and review contact.
• Costs: itemized charges, final rent, security, and any confirmed promotion.
• Release: the effective date and treatment of each departing tenant and guarantor.

If the unit has admission restrictions, confirm whether management can consider a privately found household before you arrange marketing.

Assignment or sublet?

Choose a permanent replacement or a temporary arrangement.

Assignment and subletting follow different New York consent rules. Admission-restricted and rent-regulated apartments can have additional rules or exclusions. Confirm what applies to your lease before promising either route.

Step 3 · Qualification

Check whether the apartment is market-rate or income-restricted.

The Roosevelt Parc team page identifies both affordable and market-rate apartments in the project. Ask management which program covers your unit and how that affects the incoming household’s eligibility and selection.

Request current income, credit, household, asset, and guarantor requirements as applicable, plus accepted records and alternatives. Check the candidate’s proposed dates, occupants, pets, and document readiness. Resolve program eligibility before asking them to commit money or a firm move date.

Step 4 · Application

Use the application issued for this apartment and agreement.

Ask the team to send the correct link and checklist for the approved assignment or replacement lease. Roosevelt Parc’s public registration form starts an inquiry; get instructions for completing the actual applicant file.

• Match the apartment, approved rent, term, and proposed start.
• Include all applicants, occupants, and any guarantor.
• Have candidates submit sensitive records directly to the authorized team.
• Confirm missing items, any program review, and the remaining signing steps.

Keep your resident credentials private. Ask who will coordinate the incoming approval with your outgoing agreement, rather than assuming the application alone settles both.

Step 5 · Find the replacement

Advertise the approved apartment offer.

Get permission to list and show the unit. Use the approved rent, term, recurring charges, applicant requirements, and start conditions. Ask management how any concession will be handled for the replacement instead of carrying over your original promotion.

• Photos: show the actual layout, light, and condition.
• Showings: agree on notice, hours, attendance, and keys.
• Preparation: settle cleaning, repairs, clearing, and furniture staying.
• Incentives: document who pays, the amount, and the payment trigger.

Keep the start conditional on approval, signatures, required payments, and apartment readiness. For a restricted unit, follow management’s approved selection process.

Fees and security

Price the exit without counting an unconfirmed reward.

Get an itemized assignment or termination proposal. Ask when each amount is due and what happens if the candidate withdraws or signing is delayed. Compare the full replacement cost with any written early-termination offer.

• Rent: the last day charged and any agreed proration.
• Security: outgoing refund or credit, incoming deposit, and deductions.
• Services: moving costs and any permitted brokerage work agreed in writing.
• Promotions: written eligibility and payment terms before including a credit.

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

Coordinate the old lease’s end with the replacement’s possession.

Align applicant review, any program approval, signatures, required payments, and move access. Ask management to confirm that the conditions for releasing you have been met.

• Check the executed agreement for every departing tenant and guarantor.
• Photograph the condition and complete agreed clearing or repairs.
• Arrange keys, fobs, building move access, and utilities.
• Provide forwarding details and keep the final ledger and security accounting.

If the household or dates change, update the written plan before handing over possession. Keep the signed release and confirmation of completion.

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.