What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY, NYC
Hi,
I'm on a short-term lease in an NYC apartment (two months), and I'm soon to go back home (overseas). I've had my girlfriend visiting for two weeks (which I announced up front, with no protests from the landlord) and a friend for ten days. Now, as the end of my stay is approaching, the landlord tells me she'll deduct $65 per visitor from my deposit for the "extra occupancy" and the higher utility bill resulting from it. In the contract it says utilities are included in the rent, and there is no clause saying "no visitors". The contract does say I will be the sole occupant. Can the landlord do this? (Another thing is that the extra electricity used for an extra couple of hours of showering, mobile phone charging, hardly amounts to more than thirty bucks or so, as far as I can see.) It's not that the amount of money would be unbearable or anything, it's rather that I really don't care to be taken for an idiot. What do you guys think?
Best,
M.
Hi,
I'm on a short-term lease in an NYC apartment (two months), and I'm soon to go back home (overseas). I've had my girlfriend visiting for two weeks (which I announced up front, with no protests from the landlord) and a friend for ten days. Now, as the end of my stay is approaching, the landlord tells me she'll deduct $65 per visitor from my deposit for the "extra occupancy" and the higher utility bill resulting from it. In the contract it says utilities are included in the rent, and there is no clause saying "no visitors". The contract does say I will be the sole occupant. Can the landlord do this? (Another thing is that the extra electricity used for an extra couple of hours of showering, mobile phone charging, hardly amounts to more than thirty bucks or so, as far as I can see.) It's not that the amount of money would be unbearable or anything, it's rather that I really don't care to be taken for an idiot. What do you guys think?
Best,
M.