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 ...
Yes...that is what I was thinking...go “squat” in your house.
Why would someone want to live in NYC?
Squatter problem?
Just call 867-5309 and the problem will be promptly dealt with.
My home is my single biggest asset. If someone were to try to steal it, they’d meet God. I realize that out government, which is feral at every level, may attack me, but that is just too bad for them.
Haven’t seen the small town I live in. They would be “disappeared”
None here in my small town ….. “Disappeared” happens
All governments begin as criminal gangs.
All governments end as criminal gangs.
:-)
So it seems.
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