Thank you.....I have a soft spot for old people who might get thrown out on the street, or forced to live with their kids because a landlord wants to rent gouge the new yuppie dot commers.
The laws in New York City try and protect the long term tenant.... and right now there are less then 70,000 people still with rent controlled apartments Down from 1 MILLION just 20 years ago...and almost all of them are old and the few young ones have lived there all their lives...Talk about being MARRIED to an apartment.
My DJ buddy his father just died last year he has a 2 bedroom...old crummy looking apartment, with a bathroom so small you can barely sit on the toilet if you are 200 lbs.
His rent is $550 a month right on Bleeker st, in Greenwich Village, and other apartments they rennovate, are going for $2500 a month. But he lived there with his parents for 42 years! And the wiring has not been upgraded, so you can run 2 AC's but use the stove or microwave and the fuse blows. Probably still has lead paint under the 10 or 15 coats of paint... so it aint pretty but its cheap!
So I asked those questions.. yes to be devious ....but they will ask them too....If she has a life that could be worth $30,000 and up more then if she doesnt.
And if the landlord want to be a cheap bastarrrrrddd then threaten to have a family member move in.
Always remember, Donald Trump couldnt get a 85 year old woman the last person out of a house even after he offered her a brand new apartment and $100,000 cash becuase she is going blind and was scared to learn how to find her way around a new place.
Finally her kids stepped in and took $335,000 and moved her.
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Peter, you are an evil, evil man. I'm in awe of your deviousness. Here I was, smugly thinking that *I* could channel Ivan the Terrible better than anyone else, & you make me look like a piker. Can I be your apprentice? 
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