My family currently is renting an apartment in Long Island. We have lived there for 31/2 years (4 In October.) The past year we didn't have a lease and have just recently got one and here are the reasons for this.
We moved in Oct 98 to this apartment and had NO PROBLEMS Fast Forward to June 02. We rent the upstairs and the lady downstairs is threating us non stop and complaining that we are bad tenants. Her brother is our landlord and the brother and sister (the lady that lives downstairs) are fighthing but now seems we are stuck in the middle of this fight.
She wants us gone has left eviction notes on our door, has recently changed the locks on the side door (where the lady enters in and out of) so we can't do our laundry, and locked the front door (That has NEVER been locked before) without us having keys which in turns means climbing through windows on the second floor. We were told that her locking the front door before us having keys is illegal.
Originally she told us that she likes us we're great tenants but she is buying out the house from the landlords. The landlords are getting a divorce and we found out, that is NOT true, they are not allowed to sell the house to anyone. Since that plan didn't work, she has since been threatening/harrassing us and pulling all sorts of stunts to keep us out.
As all of this has unfolded we have found out that our 2 family home is illegal and she is reporting it along with the house next door that our landlord owns. The landlord assures us, he just has to get a permit and it will be taken care of.
Does anyone have any suggestions for this nut job? Or tell me what I can or my family can do to stop the harrassment and what exactly our rights are.
She has even gone as far as to block the driveway up so nobody can get in or out. SHE IS CRAZY!
Please Please help us.