Very upset because I just saw papers that the LL is taking us to court to evict us. The person in my apt is named in the paperwork but I, renting a room from this person in the back, am only referred to as "John Doe"
Why am I John Doe? When the LL took over this bldg, he asked me to stop paying the tenant in the apt and START PAYING him! LL knows my name because he has given me receipts for my payments to him.
Court order states I have no renters rights, because this is a 5 UNIT bldg in the Bronx. However, I have a print-out from the NYC Dept of Bldgs where a tenant in the illegally converted 6th APT complained, because they found out their ConEd was hooked up to another apt.
LL told me ConEd took the power meter, because HE told then that the apartment was uninhatbited and we've had NO electric in this apt he is trying to evict us from for months. The tenant who rented me my room has a $6,000 electric bill because the LL had the entire building hooked up to his apartment. His Con Ed account is STILL OPEN (How is this when LL states the meter was removed??) and is gaining 100 dollars interest per month.
There is mold growing in the bathroom ceiling. The building is so badly maintained the City has sent officials to clean up the yard and charge him! The hallway is filfthy. The mailboxes are broken.
Can the LL just completely neglect this bldg, , while ignoring all phonecalls and then serve us papers this way?
Need some advice.