Hello - I have a question, and after some googling am having trouble finding it. Looked through the NY tenant's rights guide that's on the Attourney General's website, but it didn't answer my question.
I'm about to move into a new place, and was cleaning it out (since the last tenants did a bit of a crappy job). As I was wiping out the cupboards and kitchen drawers, I found mouse droppings. I then found a big hole in the wall near the kitchen that the last tenant had shoved a magazine into. Bingo - mousehole.
I told the landlord. He came over to look, but unfortunately I was not around, just my bf (who is way more docile than I am). The landlord apparently played the issue down, said he would buy any traps, etc that were needed, but that he WOULD NOT pay for an exterminator.
If we find in a few weeks that this mouse is still around (very likely), is there any legal recourse we can take? I've taken pictures of the droppings and the mouse hole, it will be in my move-in report that I am drafting up for the 1st. I just wanted to know if there was anything on the books about pest control...or will we be stuck with the bill?
I can already tell this landlord is gonna be a bit of a cheap tough guy, oh well. Already signed the lease, so we're in it now. Any help that anyone could give would be wonderful and very appreciated.