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I HAVE RECENTLY FOUND MYSELF IN A BAD SITUATION, AND IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. WE MOVED INTO OUR APARTMENT ON THE FIRST OF OCTOBER. WHEN WE MOVED IN THE LANDLORD SEEMED TO BE A REASONABLE GUY. NOW HE DOESN'T SEEM SO REASONABLE. WE WERE GOING TO BE LATE PAYING OUR NOVEMBERS RENT. WE WENT TO HIM AND ASKED HIM FOR SOME TIME TO PAY IT. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD GIVE US UNTIL DECEMBER TO PAY IT. WELL 2 WEEKS LATER HE CAME TO US ASKING FOR MONEY. WE GAVE HIM $50.00 BECAUSE IT WAS ALL THAT WE HAD. HE GOT UPSET WITH US OVER THAT. OUR MONTH WASN'T EVEN UP AND HE WAS COMING TO US FOR MONEY. WE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT UNTIL HE COMPLAINED ABOUT US SMOKING CIGARETTES. HE SAID THAT HE WAS FINANCING OUR SMOKING. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE UNCALLED FOR SEEING HOW HE WAS HERE 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE DAY HE GAVE US. WELL WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM VACATION WE GAVE HIM $415.00. THAT COVERED NOVEMBERS RENT, BUT IT WAS ALREADY DECEMBER. WE ASKED HIM IF WE COULD PAY THAT THE WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND HE SAID ALL RIGHT THAT HE WOULD GIVE US UNTIL JANUARY TO BE ALL CAUGHT UP. 4 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS HE CAME TO US AND ASKED US FOR MONEY. MY BOYFRIEND TOLD HIM THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT AND THAT WE TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM THE WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS, NOT BEFORE. HE STARTED GETTING AN ATTITUDE TOWARDS MY BOYFRIEND SO MY BOYFRIEND TOLD HIM OFF. THE LANDLORD TOLD HIM THAT HE WANTED US OUT BY THE FIRST. TONIGHT IN THE GROCERY STORE MY BOYFRIEND SAW OUR LANDLORD AND APPOLOGIZED FOR HIS RUDE BEHAVIOR, AND TOLD OUR LANDLORD THAT WE WOULD HAVE HIS MONEY TOMORROW. HE SAID FINE. WELL LATER ON IN THE EVENING WE HAD A PARALEGAL KNOCKING AT OUR DOOR WITH A NOTICE. THE NOTICE SAID THAT IF WE DID NOT PAY THE FULL BALANCE OF WHAT IS OWED WITHIN 3 DAYS THAT THE LANDLORD WOULD START THE EVICTION PROCESS. WELL WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE MONEY. WE DO HAVE MOST OF THE MONEY, JUST NOT ALL OF IT. I AM NOT SURE HOW THE LAW IN NEW YORK STATE WORKS. I AM NOT SURE THAT I WANT TO STAY HERE. THE LANDLORD HAS HARASSED US FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. WE ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO PARK IN THE PARKING SPACE IN OUR DRIVE-WAY THAT HE GAVE US ANYMORE. HE HAS MADE US MOVE OUR CAR SO THAT WHEN EVER HE WANTS TO PUT HIS TRUCK IN THE BARN ON THIS PROPERTY HE CAN. WELL THE PARKING SPACE THAT WE ARE PARKING IN NOW WAS THE PARKING SPACE OF A PREVIOUS TENANT WHO MOVED OUT YESTERDAY. HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET US USE IT FOR THE TIME BEING. ANYWAY MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT THIS GUY. WE ARE UNDER A ONE YEAR LEASE. WHAT CAN HE DO IF IT IS BROKEN? I JUST DO NOT WANT TO BE HARASSED BY THIS GUY EVERYTIME WE DO SOMETHING HE DOESN'T LIKE. I FEEL LIKE I AM LIVING IN HIS HOUSE, NOT MY APARTMENT. JUST CURIOUS TO NEW YORK STATE LAWS ON THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS......