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Do I have a right to sublet if I am in a non rent stablized/non rent controlled apartment?

Our lease has a no sublet clause, which I thought was void under a real property law that states the landlord only has a right to reasonable refusal upon notice. Does this apply even to small brownstone apartments? We are being pressured to sign our renewal lease 2 mos ahead of its expiration date (which is fine) and because we have been thinking about buying signing up for another year makes us nervous. Landlord is not open to a shorter time frame lease. We probably won’t go the sublet route but want to know our options. He also raised our rent, which seems unreasonable in this economy, but not enough that we feel like fighting about that issue.