Hello,
The building I am living in experienced a gas leak in early May. The gas was immediately shut off until Con Edison was able to repair the leak. While the gas was turned off, the building was without hot water for 1 1/2 weeks, and without a working stove, oven, or heated dryer for 6-8 weeks. Gas is included in our rent, and we paid our rent upfront for the months of May and June, even though we were without gas for the majority of the month of May. Gas was restored to some apartments this week, but there are still apartments in the building that are without it.
I emailed my property manager asking if the tenants would be reimbursed for the money we paid upfront for gas. I received a response that said that delay in restoring gas was due to Con Edison and out of their control, and because of this, the tenants would not be receiving any reimbursement.
I can understand that the delay in restoring gas was due to Con Edison, but Con Edison surely was not responsible for the leak happening in the first place - am I correct in thinking this? Is it not management's responsibility to ensure that all the gas pipes in the building are well and in good condition? Do you think the tenants of our building should be reimbursed?
Any advice or thoughts on this would be much appreciated.
Thank you!