One tenant had her June rent deducted from her bank account despite having no access to her damaged apartment. Affected residents say they are traumatized by the experience.
I believe in the power of the purse. I would bet if all the other tenants agreed not to pay their rent until management starts to take this situation seriously it would start movement. They could not evict all those people. People helping people is what is needed immediately. I'll bet with no rent coming in the management would get on top of it then.
Sadly due to Kathy Hochul's Good Cause Eviction Law, the ONLY reason you can evict someone is due to non-payment of rent. If the tenants decided NOT to pay rent, the landlord would have legal cause to evict them.
I think if it was a mass movement of all residents management would have a hard time evicting them all. But you are right about the Good Cause Eviction Law. It just seems so unfair for the management to not reach out to the people who lost everything.
Once again, caveat emptor, or in this case renter beware. Every renter must closely look at their lease documents and fully understand what they are signing. Some landlords actually require their tenants to have renters insurance just in case something happens (sprinkler system is triggered by fire in another apartment, etc.). If you are renting a house, an apartment, a room, please look at the lease documentation and make sure that you understand the language.
I believe in the power of the purse. I would bet if all the other tenants agreed not to pay their rent until management starts to take this situation seriously it would start movement. They could not evict all those people. People helping people is what is needed immediately. I'll bet with no rent coming in the management would get on top of it then.
Sadly due to Kathy Hochul's Good Cause Eviction Law, the ONLY reason you can evict someone is due to non-payment of rent. If the tenants decided NOT to pay rent, the landlord would have legal cause to evict them.
I think if it was a mass movement of all residents management would have a hard time evicting them all. But you are right about the Good Cause Eviction Law. It just seems so unfair for the management to not reach out to the people who lost everything.
Thank you for following up.
And we will continue to do so.
Once again, caveat emptor, or in this case renter beware. Every renter must closely look at their lease documents and fully understand what they are signing. Some landlords actually require their tenants to have renters insurance just in case something happens (sprinkler system is triggered by fire in another apartment, etc.). If you are renting a house, an apartment, a room, please look at the lease documentation and make sure that you understand the language.
These days many people are so desperate to have a place to live that they can't afford to be fussy about the details.
Yes, we are all desperate but that doesn’t mean you blindly sign a contract with a landlord