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NYC squatters are cashing in on legal loopholes and crowded courts to take over homes — and good luck getting them out: experts
New York Post ^ | April 7, 2024 | Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Posted on 04/08/2024 3:24:21 AM PDT by george76

The Big Apple is seeing a troublesome trend of unwelcome squatters illegally bedding down in private homes and apartments in the five boroughs — and it’s gotten much harder to kick them out.

A backlog of housing court cases and changes in the law in recent years have made it a bigger and longer-lasting headache for landlords to boot unwelcome tenants..

“This is happening far more now than in the past.. Squatters have become far more sophisticated than before. They set up elaborate schemes, fake documents and investigate the homes before breaking in.”

Two changes in city law in 2019 now dictate that landlords can’t just boot a squatter without a “special proceeding,” and have to file a lawsuit to get them out.

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bump in squatter cases over the past two years, attributing it to the migrant crisis, post-pandemic homelessness — and media coverage.

The irony is the more publicity it gets the more people think about it,”

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Goldberg said the term squatter is often misused — squatters are intruders who illegally break into a property and stay, while licensees move in “under color of law” and remain.

That can include relatives of deceased property owners or legal tenants who overstayed their welcome.

The problem stems from a loophole in the law that allows anyone who stays put in a property long enough to claim legal occupancy despite the landlord’s objection.

That cutoff is 10 years in most of the Empire State — but a mere 30 days in the five boroughs, making city property owners significantly more vulnerable to the unwanted homesteaders.

And no one is keeping track of how many there are.

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One Big Apple case turned deadly when a pair of teen squatters allegedly killed property owner Nadia Vitels

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: homes; housing; newyork; nyc; nycsquatters; shelter; squatters
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

The anti-squatting law just enacted in Florida was passed with the unanimous support of the Democrats in the legislature, alongside the Republicans.

Squatting: so nasty that even the Florida Communists couldn’t ignore it.


21 posted on 04/08/2024 4:13:30 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Fury

Nice. Good planning.


22 posted on 04/08/2024 4:14:07 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: maddog55

... experts say Good luck getting them out ...

Obviously the ‘experts’ are not outside-the-box thinkers. A few good ol’ boys with axe handles and bats as primary stimulants with wheel guns as backup should be all that is necessary to effect vermin eviction. I would not be surprised to soon find a few links to eviction services like these on the dark web.


23 posted on 04/08/2024 4:19:02 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: george76

I understand there is growing concern because there are a lot of vacant/unoccupied commercial buildings in NYC. Squatting would boost occupancy.

And Bob’s your uncle...


24 posted on 04/08/2024 4:22:07 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Angelino97

There’s plenty of gangs out there that are violent. What I see happening is illegal immigrants from one ethnic group will be moved into areas of NYC dominated by another ethnic group.

It will be inevitable that different ethnic groups will begin to fight each other, when these group have criminal elements in them the criminals will begin to fight each other over turf.

I’ve read a couple of articles recently that different groups from Africa that were fighting in Africa have come to the USA and continued the fighting here.


25 posted on 04/08/2024 4:25:12 AM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: All

Mayor Adams wont do zilch about them.....he likes squatters.

They solve his problem about what to do with all those illegals Biden’s sending him.

And he’ll make sure they vote......ought to be good for a high-pay no-show federal job.


26 posted on 04/08/2024 4:28:03 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: srmanuel
It’s going to come down to that again, locals will begin to take matters into their own hands when people start getting injured, no one will know what that happened.

And leftists will decry and condemn it as *vigilante justice*.

Tough beans.

It's theft, plain and simple, and if the government isn't going to protect the people it is supposed to be serving but rather protects the criminals, then they should not be surprised at the result.

At this point, the government itself becomes the cartel, the criminal organization, and should be dealt with appropriately.

So much for our representatives representing the people who voted for them.

Then again, they are representing the people who installed them in office.

27 posted on 04/08/2024 4:29:04 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: george76

Someone or some liberal organization is providing them with legal and practical help. The illegal squatters are getting help from some ultra liberal group.


28 posted on 04/08/2024 4:33:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Delusionary people should not be given power over normal people.)
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To: george76

Are the squatters paying insurance and property taxes?


29 posted on 04/08/2024 5:06:26 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: george76

The only Squatter I want to remove is the family squatting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 🤓


30 posted on 04/08/2024 5:22:59 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: george76

I have my own judge to settle with any squatters who want my house. I’ll give them a reason to have to squat for years.


31 posted on 04/08/2024 5:25:26 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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To: george76

I love it when people get what they voted for.


32 posted on 04/08/2024 5:26:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: I want the USA back

George Soros and pals


33 posted on 04/08/2024 5:39:36 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: maddog55

Now the squatters should focus on empty commercial properties owned by big democrat donors!


34 posted on 04/08/2024 5:49:37 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: george76

Just hired Guido! Pay Guido in cash, give him the address. Go out of town. Come back, call lock smith for a new lock! Problem solved!


35 posted on 04/08/2024 5:51:52 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: george76
A backlog of housing court cases and changes in the law in recent years have made it a bigger and longer-lasting headache for landlords property owners to boot unwelcome tenants trespassers.

The Left wins debates by changing the language of the debate. Don’t let them.

36 posted on 04/08/2024 5:53:34 AM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: george76

How come the New Yawk water buffalo, Letitia James isn’t going after these squatters. She is supposed to be the best lawman east of the O.K. Corral.


37 posted on 04/08/2024 6:06:51 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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To: spincaster

LOL
Constables On Patrol are NOT your friend.
They absolutely WILL follow “some liberal B/S law”. Its their job to. They don’t make the laws, their not supposed to break the laws, either. You are talking about a city council problem.
I don’t like it any more than you do but that is reality.


38 posted on 04/08/2024 6:07:50 AM PDT by juan.gualt ("Its a trick, we always use it" Anti-semitism hoax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zjaSlP2OxE)
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To: george76

another day, another scourge on a nation that has rejected the Almighty.


39 posted on 04/08/2024 6:25:03 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Write yourself a lease. Change the locks. Install cameras in EVERY room. Move in. Eat their food. Flush their weed. Play loud music when they sleep. Invite obnoxious friends over. Stare at them constantly.

Yes, counter squat. You will have more rights as a squatter than you will as an owner.

EC


40 posted on 04/08/2024 6:34:56 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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