I live in a rental that requires tenants with dogs to use the basement and service entrance upon entering and exiting the building with their pets. There has been an ongoing steady problem with the sewerage plunbing in this area and it smells like an outhouse. At one time there was a leakage from the pipe that the building never acknowledged and tenants were actually stepping in the filth. It is... [more]
I live in a rental that requires tenants with dogs to use the basement and service entrance upon entering and exiting the building with their pets. There has been an ongoing steady problem with the sewerage plunbing in this area and it smells like an outhouse. At one time there was a leakage from the pipe that the building never acknowledged and tenants were actually stepping in the filth.
It is written in my lease rider that the service elevator, and basement needs to be used when we are with our pets, and becasuse the management attempts to enforce this policy, do I have any legal grounds based on the fact that the service entrance is absolutely filthy and disgusting. The management company is total sleeze, and does not acknowledge this problem. What are my rights to refuse and not abide the rider in my lease? I DO NOT WANT TO GET A THREATENING LETTER FROM THESE BASTARDS! They know about this problem and feel they don't need to change a damn thing.
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Response by needsadvice
over 14 years ago
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Call 311, this is a health hazard.
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Response by loveislife
over 14 years ago
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Thanks!
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Response by lucasd
over 14 years ago
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Call 311 every day until the issue is solved. I think a certified letter to your landlord would also be a good idea. That way you can prove the landlord knows about the problem, which he is obligated to fix. The longer the delay between notice and cure (I think that's the term) the more ammunition you have when it comes time to citing the building with the rental authorities.
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Response by Truth
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You will get a confirmation # for your complaint. Keep it handy.
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Response by alanhart
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Hi, Mr. Hand!
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Response by stevejhx
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Check for bodies. I saw it on "The First 48."
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Response by needsadvice
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I'm with Steve; check for the bodies of the last tenants that complained.
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Response by loveislife
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I don't think 311 is very helpful. I called them several years ago about a problem and they called me back about the complaint a year later.
The management and landlord are well aware of the ongoing problem. They need to replace wherever the leak is by a qualified plumber. They take shortcuts and are just mask problems without resolving it at the root. I am alamost certai that amny building codes violations are going on here, but they pay everyone off. When they are called they are downright nasty, impossible to talk to.
In fact one of the repairmen when they were attemptong to fix the shoddy elevators actually stepped in shit from the leak.
As for bodies, could be a possibility! But then again the smell is much worse than a corpse.
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Response by alanhart
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"Check for bodies." ... and get a list of the people Truth extended desperate and creepy online invitations to lately; it'll make it easier to identify the remains.
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Response by columbiacounty
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Poor spinny
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Response by Truth
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Just be happy you never met those pig-gang-members, loveislife.
At least you would be smart enough not to become another slave.
That odor is ar. She stinks to high heaven, as most alkies do.
alanhart is down there, too. It's the smell of an unwiped asshole.
Not against DOB code -- just disgusting to those who get anywhere near them.
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Response by alanhart
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Truth, you sound really angry. Maybe you should take something before you get even more hysterical.
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Response by Truth
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I laugh at you and your pig slavemaster, ah.
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Response by columbiacounty
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Or stop talking what you are taking?
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Response by huntersburg
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Is this building on west 67th street? Are apes allowed in the service elevator?
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Response by Truth
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Better an ape than a pig.
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Response by alanhart
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Truth, you must stop these histrionics of yours immediately -- immediately -- or I shall report you to the internet.
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Response by NWT
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loveislife, call 311 again. Tell them there's a sewer leak. Call your councilmember's office. Also try your local firestation. Then go to each newspaper and TV station's website and use the "I have a story" link. The media love stories like this. "My little dog forced to dodge turds!!"
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Response by stevejhx
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Truth does sound angry. I attribute it to an untamed toothache.
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Response by Wbottom
over 14 years ago
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trooshy dooshy---ya gotta change products in here---youre just burning, itching
Call 311, this is a health hazard.
Thanks!
Call 311 every day until the issue is solved. I think a certified letter to your landlord would also be a good idea. That way you can prove the landlord knows about the problem, which he is obligated to fix. The longer the delay between notice and cure (I think that's the term) the more ammunition you have when it comes time to citing the building with the rental authorities.
You will get a confirmation # for your complaint. Keep it handy.
Hi, Mr. Hand!
Check for bodies. I saw it on "The First 48."
I'm with Steve; check for the bodies of the last tenants that complained.
I don't think 311 is very helpful. I called them several years ago about a problem and they called me back about the complaint a year later.
The management and landlord are well aware of the ongoing problem. They need to replace wherever the leak is by a qualified plumber. They take shortcuts and are just mask problems without resolving it at the root. I am alamost certai that amny building codes violations are going on here, but they pay everyone off. When they are called they are downright nasty, impossible to talk to.
In fact one of the repairmen when they were attemptong to fix the shoddy elevators actually stepped in shit from the leak.
As for bodies, could be a possibility! But then again the smell is much worse than a corpse.
"Check for bodies." ... and get a list of the people Truth extended desperate and creepy online invitations to lately; it'll make it easier to identify the remains.
Poor spinny
Just be happy you never met those pig-gang-members, loveislife.
At least you would be smart enough not to become another slave.
That odor is ar. She stinks to high heaven, as most alkies do.
alanhart is down there, too. It's the smell of an unwiped asshole.
Not against DOB code -- just disgusting to those who get anywhere near them.
Truth, you sound really angry. Maybe you should take something before you get even more hysterical.
I laugh at you and your pig slavemaster, ah.
Or stop talking what you are taking?
Is this building on west 67th street? Are apes allowed in the service elevator?
Better an ape than a pig.
Truth, you must stop these histrionics of yours immediately -- immediately -- or I shall report you to the internet.
loveislife, call 311 again. Tell them there's a sewer leak. Call your councilmember's office. Also try your local firestation. Then go to each newspaper and TV station's website and use the "I have a story" link. The media love stories like this. "My little dog forced to dodge turds!!"
Truth does sound angry. I attribute it to an untamed toothache.
trooshy dooshy---ya gotta change products in here---youre just burning, itching
Wtooshy! Wdoody!