We broke our lease 6 months into a 12 month lease due to a new job across the country. Our landlord has relisted our apartment but for $245 more/month than what we were paying. Based on the law linked below, it seems to us that this increased price is not allowed under their duty to mitigate but the landlord says they can list it for whatever they deem to be the market rate. The apartment has now been on the market for 6 weeks and has not been re-let. A lot of that has to do with the Covid-19 situation in NYC but the pricing is also a factor in our opinion.
Do we have any remedy against the landlord? The apartment has been listed as available in some fashion since 2/21/20 and we have not lived in the unit since 3/2/20. We paid March rent and they have one month security but we have not paid April rent yet.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPP/227-E