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...

