NYC unregulated apartment in a "luxury" condo building (more than 20 units but less than 50 to be vague) built after 2000 (vague). The owner of our unit owns at least 2-4 other units under an LLC (or various), I believe they also built the building and own land from my internet sleuthing, other units in the building are owned independently by individual families, some are rented out but these individuals using a different broker/management company.
My issue is that I signed a lease, gave 1st month + security, and was promised the apartment would be ready by lease start. On the day of lease commencement their broker gave me the keys but the apartment was 100% not ready: furniture the apartment was shown with was still there, nothing had been done (painting, cleaning - urine on bathroom tile/floor!, fixing of appliances, no smoke detectors, etc). I am 2 weeks in and it is still not ready, though they may have shifted the furniture to another unit because of our nagging. *edit* The says I receive the place "as is", but some of these things I believe breech the the warrant of habitability like no smoke alarms.
I have only had contact with their broker (who is not owner/management), they said I'd be refunded for each day it is not ready. Said broker is from a legitimate real estate company/brokerage and has been trying to remedy this situation with regular updates. The broker was also unsure of who the management is/will be for me, and only has email info for the owner (who may also be management).
Are condo tenant rights different from apartment tenant rights? All my research has only yielded co-op info and RS/RC info for NYC and not condo.
What are the requirements for a condo to be considered "ready"?
If the independent condo owner rents to me do general landlord-tenant laws apply? Like re-painting requirement every 3 years?
What are our options?
If there is anything here that should be removed please let me know and I will edit.
*edit - if this is in the wrong forum please let me know to delete/move it*
Thank you.