Really the title says it all, but a quick explanation.
Despite requesting lease extension paperwork, I did not receive papers in July of 2016. I continued to pay rent and my landlord continued to accept it, so my understanding is that I reverted to being a month-to-month tenant. On May 31st, 2017, I gave my landlord 30 days notice that I would be moving out on June 30th (which I did and returned keys).
In the original lease, there is a clause in the rider that reads:
"If tenant does not renew the lease or is notified by the Landlord that the Landlord will not permit renewal of this lease, then Tenant will allow the Landlord and/or the Landlord's broker to show apartment 60 days prior to the end of the Lease. Under any circumstances tenant must provide 60 days notice prior to vacating the apartment. Tenant's failure to abide by the terms contained in this Paragraph 50 shall be deemed a substantial breach of Tenant's obligations under this lease."
My understanding was that this clause would have expired when the lease expired and I became a month-to-month tenant, as it would make no sense for a month-to-month relationship to be governed by a two-month notice clause.
My landlord claims that the clause is still in effect, and that I therefore owe him another month's rent and has claimed he will "place this account into collections, notify all credit bureaus and commence action for recovery of all sums due and owing."
I've tried to speak with lawyers, gotten NYC Bar association referrals to lawyers, but the response has been "TOO BUSY SO SORRY".
I would like to ask the fine folks of this forum for help understanding whether I really owe him more rent and which follow-up actions (if any) are necessary.