Results 1 to 5 of 5
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Posts
    2

    Default Landlord Ignoring Drugs in Building

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: New York

    Hey everyone, new here, I was referred here by another forum in hopes of getting some advice, I'll repost my original post:


    Recently I took over someone's lease on a place in Brooklyn. Basically, I gave the girl that was moving out the security deposit, and I would get back whatever she had put down to the landlord when I moved out, plus first month's rent.

    As I had a month overlap between my old place and my new one, I kind of stayed at the new place intermittently to try it out, and it turns out it blows. It's essentially a dorm room, and having moved past that phase a long time ago, with no desire to return to it, I was pretty disappointed, but prepared to deal with it until I could find someone to move in for me.

    However, this past weekend I walked into a bunch of people in the apartment, cocaine out and about, and it's just not something I'm going to be getting involved in. So after a back and forth with the shitty roommate, I finally got a hold of the landlord who basically told me to go eff myself, and that it wasn't his problem there are illegal drugs in the apartment, and that I could leave if I wanted but wouldn't be getting my deposit back. He also said "if you go to the police, they will put you all in jail, not me", which I found pretty amusing.

    Basically, I think I must have some rights considering this is an illegal situation, and I should be able to (legally) get my money back.

    I'm just wondering if anyone here has had a similar situation, or at least knows something about landlord/tenant rights that I might not?

    Sorry for rambling...

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Behind a Desk
    Posts
    98,846

    Default Re: Landlord Ignoring Drugs in Building

    You are stating that you formally took over this person's lease with the landlord? Your bad choice of roommates is not your landlord's problem.

    If you don't want your roommates to use illegal drugs and they didn't stop when you asked, you have the right to call the police the next time they do so.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Posts
    2

    Default Re: Landlord Ignoring Drugs in Building

    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
    View Post
    You are stating that you formally took over this person's lease with the landlord? Your bad choice of roommates is not your landlord's problem.

    If you don't want your roommates to use illegal drugs and they didn't stop when you asked, you have the right to call the police the next time they do so.
    So the landlord can legally ignore the fact that there's drugs in his apartment? I met my roommates twice before moving in, checked out the place, stayed there a weekend, there was no indication of any of this before hand. So basically, the law says I'm screwed?

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Behind a Desk
    Posts
    98,846

    Default Re: Landlord Ignoring Drugs in Building

    Again: Your bad choice of roommates is not your landlord's problem. Generally speaking, part of making a bad choice of roommates is not recognizing how bad they would be before you moved in. People don't intentionally seek out bad roommates.

    Again, if you want your roommates to stop using drugs and they won't, you can call the police. Your landlord has not seen the alleged activeity - you have.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Posts
    1,995

    Default Re: Landlord Ignoring Drugs in Building

    Quote Quoting DeLorean27
    View Post
    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: New York

    I'm just wondering if anyone here has had a similar situation, or at least knows something about landlord/tenant rights that I might not?

    Sorry for rambling...
    I'm a landlord for 30 years.

    First, it seems the landlord doesn't know you from Adam. Let's say he takes action, which is call the other tenants, very likely, he'll be told "the new guy is a jerk, a troublemaker, did you ever have problems with us before"??

    You can call the police and file a complaint, but then, do you plan on staying there afterwards. What if the landlord beleives you and says to the other tenants "you'll all evicted because the new guy saw you do drugs".

    Then do you still want to be there after the landlord tells the other people you were the troublemaker??

    My dad was a landlord for over 50 years, and once had a dispute with a tenant, evicted them, and they broke everything in the place, and then to top it off, poured cement down the drains. Do you know how much it costs to rip out all the pipes and replace them. I hate the have this happen to me taking the word of someone I don't even know, for something that may or may not be true.

    Being a landlord, I don't plan on taking drug sniffing dogs thru the place, pat the tenants down, water-board them to confess to doing drugs. Tenants have a right to privacy. It's up to you to call the police, or move somewhere else.

    1. Sponsored Links
       

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 05-18-2011, 03:44 PM
  2. Repair and Maintenance: Landlord Ignoring Responsibilities
    By PhillyChief in forum Landlord-Tenant Law
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 04-03-2011, 02:10 PM
  3. Foreclosure: Bank Owns House Now and Landlord is Ignoring Me
    By IcePeten in forum Buying, Selling and Conveying Real Estate
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 03-20-2010, 07:16 AM
  4. Repair and Maintenance: Landlord Ignoring Dangerous Electrical Hazard To Property
    By callycash in forum Landlord-Tenant Law
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 03-03-2008, 11:06 AM
  5. Security Deposits: Ex-landlord Ignoring Request For Security Deposit Return
    By FrustratedMuchly in forum Landlord-Tenant Law
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 11-30-2005, 09:35 AM
 
 
Sponsored Links

Legal Help, Information and Resources