advice on taking over a rent-stabilized apt

cabaki

So my coworker is moving out of a ridiculously cheap one bedroom rent-stabilized apt he's been living in for 15 years, and wants to pass it on to me. He's notified the landlord in writing at least 3 times that he has a colleague that wants to take it over, with no acknowlegement or response from the landlord yet.

My coworker's lease ends next August, yet he's moving out in december. He's willing to sub-lease it to me until then, but I am only willing to do so if i believe that I will be granted a lease to the apt when his expires in August. I'm currently holding the lease for a 2-bedroom in the slope in which i sublease half of the place to a roommate.

o if i were to sublet the apt from my coworker, i would either break my lease or find someone to sublet my room. So what potentially worries me about breaking the lease for my place, is what if i dont get the


Someone mentioned the squatters law to me, and i was wondering whether subleasing the place from my coworker will give me a better chance of getting the least to the place when his lease expires.

Now i realize that the landlord might have other ideas in regards to the apt when my coworkers lease is up.