My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: NY
Hello,
I rent a room in a house. For some reason, the window in my room won't stay up anymore and the window is cracked. The closet door is also not locked.
The landlady is accusing me of being the culprit. I'm not even sure if this was my doing or these were already like this before I moved in.
Anyway, I'm trying to be responsible. I've called several companies in my area and they told me from what my description of the damages. The window can be fixed and so can the door. The problem is
My landlady refused to let me fix it. I'm at work right now, I called her (she will be at home all day) if it would be okay for the company stops by and inspects the window in my room. She said no because she already has someone else/another company coming in on thursday to take a look at ALL of her windows. She said she was gonna fix the windows in her room and seeing mine is also broken. She wants to get an estimate on all windows in her house. Not just mine.
I'm paraphrasing but basically she said, since she has to replace my window due to the damage (again, this can be fixed. no need for replacement) and she feels if she replaces mine, she has to replace ALL windows on my floor, even the ones in her room and her daughter's room. She said it wouldn't look aesthetically pleasing from outside if my window is new and the other ones are old. This is not reasonable, is it?
that doesn't make any sense, just mine is broken. She has to replace all of her windows?
She has yet to ask me to pay for the damages but surely she can't ask me to pay for all of her windows, can she? I feel as if she's taking an advantage of the situation. I'm no expert, but the window and door can easily be fixed for less than $300 at most but she's going with another company of her choice (that's more expensive) and has a lot of bad reviews on the internet (google/consumeraffairs). She said the window in my room would cost her $800.
I guess my question is what can I do in this situation? Can I just hire the company of my choosing to fix the door and window? Again, she has yet to ask me pay for the damages. If she does what do I do?
I have no lease. No written agreement. Just verbal agreement. $700 a month. All utilities included + portable AC provided.
Also, about 2 weeks ago, the AC in her room broke. So while she waiting to get it fixed. She asked me to give her my AC. I had no AC for about a week. Moreover, even though she said, utilities inclusive, I'm not allowed to leave a fan/ac on for my dog when I'm at work. I have never said anything or objected to any of this when all of this happened. but can I use this against her if she sues me for the window and closet door?

