Hi:
My landlord has been bullying and intimidating me and my daughter and granddaughter for 4 months, since we moved into his house. Although it is a 2 family dwelling, he runs it like a boarding house and rules with an iron hand. He has bullied and stalked us.
I have no money to move at this time, but am coming into some money soon.
The judge deemed the apartment illegal and he is not allowed to collect any more rent. The final verdict said 2 months free rent, and then I go, August 31.
This is the recording and the voice transcript of the landlord and his thug friends. He must have told them I am not going to pay rent.
He showed me 4 rooms and then truncated the apartment into 2 rooms, just giving me the living room and dining alcove. He kept the big bedroom and another smaller bedroom locked, rented the rooms out to others or used them himself. This AFTER I had been shown all the rooms and paid the rent.
But the landlord does not seem to care. He has frightened and intimidated us on numerous occasions. He is already advertising the apartment, even though the judge has given us time to move. I still don't have enough money to move and we have no place to go until the funding comes through.
Right now i am supporting my 26 year old daughter, who is ill, and my 8 year old granddaughter who live with me in this uncomfortable situation. I am 63.
Voice transcript Audio File available.
2 family house in Brooklyn, owner occupied. Illegally divided apartment.
On June 17th, 2009 at 10:15, PM . Landlord brought two men into the bedroom of Apartment 2 and had the following conversation. It was recorded by me on my cell phone.
Beginning: Unintelligible voices from front bedroom, part of the aartment LL had illegally divided after taking my money.
Voice 1: You should have all these rooms rented out. You're losing money, you should rent these rooms now.
LL: unintelligible…. something about court decision,
Voice 1: You don't go to the court….You should have all these rooms rented out. You're losing money…Paint them up and rent them out You got . 300 …350. a month.
LL $350?
Voice 1: $500! Whatever, whatever! You're losing money
LL unintelligible....
Voice 1: You are losing money. Is it nice in there…
LL … Mother, daughter and the little girl sleep in there
Voice 2: Unintelligible
Voice 1: If she was in my house I'd throw her out…throw her the f--k out! I would! I'd send two guys down from 18th Avenue , knock on her f---cking door, tell her you're out of here by the end of the month or you got a f--cking problem and that’s it! End of f--king story. Go by …house and not pay rent. They send guys with baseball f--king bats.
LL: Little room, front room and bath.: …unintelligible….My grandmother used to live on this floor.
Voice 1: One guy in my cousins building was not paying rent. My cousin sent two guys down from the club. They knocked on his door. And they told the guy "If you're not out by the end of the month somebody is going to throw acid in you fu--king face and blind you. The guy was out three days later. They don't f--k around. You don’t f--k around with people's money.
LL: mumbling
Voice 1: Doesn't matter where it is. I'm telling ya, I got two guys down here…from (Famous Gangster now in Jail) .They got two…bootleg operations over here. You don't f--k with somebody's rent. The Italians from Dyker (?) Street, they had a lady staying in this apartment. Get the f--k out, or somebody's going to stick you with an AIDS infected needle…AIDS! Just pop you with the f--king needle. You don't f--k with peoples f--kin' money. I don't give a f--k who the f--k it is.
LL: Unintelligible something about court.
Voice 1: We don't go to f--king court. There ain't no f--king court. We don't deal with the court system. You just knock on the f--king door and you gotta go. Out! or……And that's how they do it. You wanna play f--king games, go to Coney island . And that's it, end of story. Ain't none of this f--king court s--t. Get the f--k outta here. End of story.
Voice 2: End of story
LL: End of story.
Voice 1: End of story…
They exit the room and go into the hallway. Sound of door closing.
Voice 1:…throw her down the f--king stairs or throw her off the fucking roof(?) End of story.
Voice 2: End of story.
Voice1: F--k that s--t she ain't got the money. Ain't got the f--ing money. Out of the house!
Unintelligible…footsteps going down stairs.
So my question is what do I do? IWhat can I do? I have a log f past harassment, by cell hone and in person plus 2 police reports...but with these "friends" talking like this...I don't know. My grandchild and daughter are frightened.