A month ago, I rented this apartment without knowing enough about rentals in NY (I'm from California).
I signed in bona fide an agreement for the security deposit where I stated that I would loose if I don't fulfill the length of my lease. I never signed a lease properly speaking and I don't have signature from the landlord. After reviewing the letter, it says that I'm responsible for the maintenance and repair of the old ac unit.
Finally, he is trying to charge me 12 dollars for the extra power in this season and he said he would take it from the security deposit.
To make things worse, he is reserving 300 dlls from the security to cleaning before hand, out of a 1350 deposit in a 850 a month rent!.
Please comment on this... I'm worried.