There are different types of notices to quit that one can receive -- you can receive a 14 day notice to quit, a 30 day notice to quit or a three month notice to quit.
A 14 day notice to quit is solely for if you, the tenant, did not pay your rent. If you have a lease, you have a chance to cure. So long as you pay all rent due, interest and costs of the suit before the day the answer is due, then your lease is not terminated.
If you do not have a lease, the rules are bit different. First, you only have the right to cure if you have not received a notice to quit for non-payment of rent in the past 12 months. Second, if your notice to quit has some required language requiring you to pay within 10 days, then you must do so to preserve your tenancy. If your notice to quit does not contain the statutorily required language, then you have until the day the answer is due to get caught up on your rent.
If you do not have a lease, then a landlord can terminate your tenancy for a good reason (you are violating the rules of the building), no reason (this is a no fault eviction) or for a bad reason (you carry a purple handbag or you like heavy metal music). A landlord, however, cannot evict you for an illegal reason such as your gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, race, religion, disability as well as a few others. If you pay rent monthly, then the landlord must give you either one full month's notice or 30 days, whichever is longer. If you pay rent quarterly or you do not pay rent at all, then the landlord must give you three full months' notice in the notice to quit.
A tenant without a lease, even a long time tenant, can be evicted and there is often little that can be done, unless there are condition issues or other defenses or counterclaims available.
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