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World's Worst Landlord? (PROJECTILE VOMITING ALERT)
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| August 28, 2002
| Sky News UK
Posted on 08/28/2002 9:49:01 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
I guess that things are complicated by NYC's rent control which alters the lease agreement (compared with other cities).
What happens when someone dies of a shooting, car accident, drug overdose, illness, etc. in NYC?
Is their estate bound to payoff the rental contract?
I thought that the payoff to survivors of the 9/11 attacks was supposed to go to covering expenses from the sudden loss of job/breadwinner.
Are landlords in NYC forbidden from terminating the lease agreement upon death (contract signer is no longer involved in the lease)?
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08/28/2002 10:41:45 AM PDT
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weegee
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To: MadIvan
The family also claim Lyman refused to let them into the apartment to get a hairbrush for a DNA sample to identify any remains. The family finally obtained the sample with the assistance of the police. Why do I have a hunch that this process involved hints about the next housing-code inspection being done by somebody known around the office as "Old Anal-Retentive"?
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posted on
08/28/2002 10:57:18 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: Norvokov
That was what I was thinking. Who else was in the running?
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08/28/2002 11:21:35 AM PDT
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weegee
To: FourtySeven
"...she could've just torn up the contract and re-rented the place. That is, if she had a conscience."
No conscience. She figured since the survivors were going to be getting big money from the charities she'd slice off a piece for herself.
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08/28/2002 11:46:23 AM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: Hugin
You don't know what you are talking about. In any state, a landlord cannot collect twice for the same rental unit. If I have a one year lease and move out after one month, if the landlord finds a new tenant to move in at the start of month 3, all the landlord suffered as a loss was two months rent plus the cost to find a new tenant, assuming the new tenant paid the same rent. The courts will not let the landlord collect rent from the new tenant and collect a windfall full 12 months rent from the old tenant.
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posted on
08/28/2002 12:32:44 PM PDT
by
CdMGuy
To: MadIvan
I thought in America you couldn't inherit debt.
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08/28/2002 12:48:10 PM PDT
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weikel
To: Norvokov
I thought the title was talking about ALGORE Oh I'm sure he's in the top 10. ;)
Regards, Ivan
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08/28/2002 1:36:01 PM PDT
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MadIvan
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