My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: New York
Have a bit of a bizarre situation - I've lived in my apartment with my girlfriend going on 4 years. It's an old building and we've been having some issues with our bathroom door which is also old. 2 days ago we let our landlord know we've been having issues with the door not working and it getting stuck. They sent over some recommendations for how to fix the door ourselves which we tried and didn't seem to help.
Now today, I went into the bathroom to take a shower and closed the door and the door wouldn't open again. I was stuck in the bathroom for hours and my girlfriend had to come home from work to help. We tried everything to open the door and Googled options but nothing worked. Eventually we had to break the door to open it and get out.
Embarrassing situation and I realize we technically broke the door but who is responsible for paying to fix the door? We tried contacting our landlord while this was going on for help and still haven't heard back.

