What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New York
Yesterday Sunday was the worst day I've had in a long time. I'm in my late 20's my mother early 60's It's Sunday afternoon evening, my mother is taking a nap and I'm busy relaxing playing some video games when all of a sudden I heard a loud pounding on my door my mother awakes because of it. My mother and I live in an apartment which I pay rent too. The complex we live in the cops are always knocking on our door getting the wrong apartment. At first we thought it was that and ignored it. they came back banging hard on my window. I told my mom they are going to break the window doing that so I decided to come out. There were 3 of them around the back of the house pounding at some guys door that lived beside me.
I asked whats up? They asked me where can I find apartment 4, I told them there is 2 apartment 4s mine and some other guy. Personally I don't know these other tenets in my building, most are gypsy's and drug pushers and I don't want to get involved in that. They told me that they were sent here because someone said there is a dead body of an older woman that's smelling up the hallway. When they realized I lived in the apartment that they were to respond to, right away they got offensive, wanted to come in. I told them I'm not letting them in that this isn't communist Russia or Iraq that they can't come in and out of my place any time they want to. I told them if they want to come in call a judge for a warrant or call up the landlord if you want to come in so badly about a false claim.
They kept it up and up but I wouldn't give in, I asked for the officer I was mainly talking too what his rank he said Lt. I asked to speak with his captain he just ignored my question. They called up the maintenance guy, which is basically some guy that comes over once in a while to check the apartments he's basically my landlords bar drinking buddy, because my landlord is a drunk. He didn't have the keys that's when the cops started trying to pull apartment my windows I gave in and told them to call my mother through the door to let them in. My mother told me they never called and decided to answer since they were going to break the windows at any moment. All the time I was reasonable and claim and I cooperated with them I just new they couldn't get into my place without my consent or a landlords. If they didn't like that and thought I was being rude tough I may not be a lawyer but I know some of my rights and they can't just walk into my place when ever they feel like it by using bogus claims. They placed me in the cop car right before my mother answered the door. They told her about a dead body report she said well here I am but they wanted to come into my apartment anyway.
They found nothing, nothing illegal nothing at all and made my place worse than what it was, sure my place might not be the neatest but it was the weekend and how did I expect the police to be barging in at my door since I have no criminal history and do no illegal activities. My mother was getting concerned because she didn't know where I was or what happen to me. They were nasty to her and told her that if she doesn't shut up that they are going to take me her son to jail.
They let me out of the cop car bitched at me for not letting them in when they asked and told me this could have been resolved sooner. Funny thing is people who have died in these complexes they always send an ambulance in response, nothing was called. My mother wasn't sure if they were real cops, they carried no badge or number only a black cop suite with there last name attached which looked like they never wore because the outfits looked too new. I've never seen them around the area and I call the police a lot in my area to help them catch these drug pushers They were also short for wearing boots they were as tall as I am, I'm 5'11 my mother was taller than some of them and she's 5'4.
We have been having problems with the tenets up stairs for years, the landlord is a slum, never comes in to fix our place, I have no working frig and had to buy my own little frig at wall-mart I asked the landlord if he can get a new one for me he said I already have a frig he was talking about the one I bought at wall-mart. The toilet leaks, a cracked ceiling that could possible cave at any moment, a gas heater that don't work. Now I have a whole at my side window I'm going to have to fix because of these rude police.
The landlord does nothing about the tenets that live up stairs, they are gypsy do nothing but live off the system and cause trouble for other people, they are also drunks and druggies that follow me all around town, I don't have a car right now and I've seen how they have an uncle that drops them off a few blocks in front of me just so they can bump into me.
Hard times I would moved yes, but I work as a freelance computer programmer and that doesn't come with a typical pay check when ever I contact a new apartment they always decline me because I don't have a normal pay check even though plenty of times I had money to pay for first and second months rent plus deposit.
I don't know what to do. I feel like someone is going to call up social services and report us in maybe take my mother way I'm the only person she and I have. I don't want this. I want my landlord to pay for the mistreatment he's done to my mother and I through the years living here. I don't complain and a bit of a push over I'm more of a logical person and think with my head. My mother tells me I need to do something and how I use to have so much will when I was younger when people tried to harass us.. After this fiasco I feel like I've awoke but I don't know what my legal options are, I live in New York but not NYC.
I feel like these people the landlord tenets are going to get away with it.
A few hours later I went to the police department to talk to the captain to see if I can speak with a detective about the harassment the neighbors have been doing to me or make an appointment. he basically shrouded me off but said he would make a report and the detective will see if he will talk the case. He didn't asked me for my phone number. I told him I'll be back in a day to pay for the report copies.
Please help me.
Yesterday Sunday was the worst day I've had in a long time. I'm in my late 20's my mother early 60's It's Sunday afternoon evening, my mother is taking a nap and I'm busy relaxing playing some video games when all of a sudden I heard a loud pounding on my door my mother awakes because of it. My mother and I live in an apartment which I pay rent too. The complex we live in the cops are always knocking on our door getting the wrong apartment. At first we thought it was that and ignored it. they came back banging hard on my window. I told my mom they are going to break the window doing that so I decided to come out. There were 3 of them around the back of the house pounding at some guys door that lived beside me.
I asked whats up? They asked me where can I find apartment 4, I told them there is 2 apartment 4s mine and some other guy. Personally I don't know these other tenets in my building, most are gypsy's and drug pushers and I don't want to get involved in that. They told me that they were sent here because someone said there is a dead body of an older woman that's smelling up the hallway. When they realized I lived in the apartment that they were to respond to, right away they got offensive, wanted to come in. I told them I'm not letting them in that this isn't communist Russia or Iraq that they can't come in and out of my place any time they want to. I told them if they want to come in call a judge for a warrant or call up the landlord if you want to come in so badly about a false claim.
They kept it up and up but I wouldn't give in, I asked for the officer I was mainly talking too what his rank he said Lt. I asked to speak with his captain he just ignored my question. They called up the maintenance guy, which is basically some guy that comes over once in a while to check the apartments he's basically my landlords bar drinking buddy, because my landlord is a drunk. He didn't have the keys that's when the cops started trying to pull apartment my windows I gave in and told them to call my mother through the door to let them in. My mother told me they never called and decided to answer since they were going to break the windows at any moment. All the time I was reasonable and claim and I cooperated with them I just new they couldn't get into my place without my consent or a landlords. If they didn't like that and thought I was being rude tough I may not be a lawyer but I know some of my rights and they can't just walk into my place when ever they feel like it by using bogus claims. They placed me in the cop car right before my mother answered the door. They told her about a dead body report she said well here I am but they wanted to come into my apartment anyway.
They found nothing, nothing illegal nothing at all and made my place worse than what it was, sure my place might not be the neatest but it was the weekend and how did I expect the police to be barging in at my door since I have no criminal history and do no illegal activities. My mother was getting concerned because she didn't know where I was or what happen to me. They were nasty to her and told her that if she doesn't shut up that they are going to take me her son to jail.
They let me out of the cop car bitched at me for not letting them in when they asked and told me this could have been resolved sooner. Funny thing is people who have died in these complexes they always send an ambulance in response, nothing was called. My mother wasn't sure if they were real cops, they carried no badge or number only a black cop suite with there last name attached which looked like they never wore because the outfits looked too new. I've never seen them around the area and I call the police a lot in my area to help them catch these drug pushers They were also short for wearing boots they were as tall as I am, I'm 5'11 my mother was taller than some of them and she's 5'4.
We have been having problems with the tenets up stairs for years, the landlord is a slum, never comes in to fix our place, I have no working frig and had to buy my own little frig at wall-mart I asked the landlord if he can get a new one for me he said I already have a frig he was talking about the one I bought at wall-mart. The toilet leaks, a cracked ceiling that could possible cave at any moment, a gas heater that don't work. Now I have a whole at my side window I'm going to have to fix because of these rude police.
The landlord does nothing about the tenets that live up stairs, they are gypsy do nothing but live off the system and cause trouble for other people, they are also drunks and druggies that follow me all around town, I don't have a car right now and I've seen how they have an uncle that drops them off a few blocks in front of me just so they can bump into me.
Hard times I would moved yes, but I work as a freelance computer programmer and that doesn't come with a typical pay check when ever I contact a new apartment they always decline me because I don't have a normal pay check even though plenty of times I had money to pay for first and second months rent plus deposit.
I don't know what to do. I feel like someone is going to call up social services and report us in maybe take my mother way I'm the only person she and I have. I don't want this. I want my landlord to pay for the mistreatment he's done to my mother and I through the years living here. I don't complain and a bit of a push over I'm more of a logical person and think with my head. My mother tells me I need to do something and how I use to have so much will when I was younger when people tried to harass us.. After this fiasco I feel like I've awoke but I don't know what my legal options are, I live in New York but not NYC.
I feel like these people the landlord tenets are going to get away with it.
A few hours later I went to the police department to talk to the captain to see if I can speak with a detective about the harassment the neighbors have been doing to me or make an appointment. he basically shrouded me off but said he would make a report and the detective will see if he will talk the case. He didn't asked me for my phone number. I told him I'll be back in a day to pay for the report copies.
Please help me.
