Quote Originally Posted by Bkcloud114
This is a nice pipe dream..... Sean's apartment is in a borough outside of Manhattan which is still considered NYC. The buildings are very old and the wiring is probably as old as the building. Sean can ask till he is "blue in the face", but bottom line is that if he leaves, another family will move in and never complain about anything.

Fines??... Inspectors ???...... few and far between in NYC regarding housing. Recently, 4 NYC Firemen had to jump from the 4th or 5th floor of a fire to save their lives in a fire. Two of them were killed and two survived with severe injuries. All because the landlord constructed walls where he should not have, blocking the access to the only fire-escape.

Housing regulations and zoning regulations are very infrequently enforced in this city. Many, many times rooms are rented within apartments. Single family homes are torn down and multy-family homes are put up in there place.

Sean is very lucky to be living in the neighborhood he is in, if he threatens to leave..... the landlord will probably have it rented again before he leaves..... and the inspectors probably won't show up until after the landlord is dead.

That is a shame!