They are all for one and one for all until they suddenly realize their foot is stuck in their mouth and it probably puts them into court as a witness or even worse yet, breach of lease or in the case of the first sordid landlord no more nice rent at $300 a month for one bedroom. Suddenly they dissolve like the molting nymphs when sprayed with 91% rubbing alcohol. I took tons of pictures of that, amazing!!!!
As to the civil court case for second hand smoke that has now meandered for a year and four months:
They like to blame it on me, however giving a pro se a formal pleading to do in 30 days and then 45 days later you expect her to have read two law firms answers as well as their discovery and answer and create your own discovery is the cause and you know that's fraud on their part. They victimized an already victimized plaintiff pro se and then they proceeded to criminalize her. Welcome to the no justice system of New York City.
I was going to bring it up in court in front of a hostile and pre-prejudiced (only in new york) judge. Hmm I didn't want to get the peeps in trouble though they too have fat ugly greedy souls. Yes I could have subpoenaed them. One came to my apartment as I was moving out and I gave her my Breakfast at Tiffany's canvas I had made (because who needs a smoker in the house anyway) and she loved it. She finally told me, the landlord gave her notice to buy her place or move out. She asked again about buying the 2 room apartment I was vacating. She knew of the problems, she was the one who said an apartment like this needed a lot of work before it could be inhabited. You don't see problems like this when you are interviewing for the apartment, you look but you are never good enough for it all. Anything you mention the coop board president disguised as a broker and agent tells you its just a little spot, that's why the 2 room apartment in the ghetto famous for rapes is only $1200 (though he wanted $1350, I said no way). Later the little spot is huge, its been painted over, everything painted over, there are holes in the tub and the overtenant says to the landlord's super, just fix it up the best you can I can't afford to replace it. He tells her she has to replace it. When I left he said he just loved me. I hardly saw him, maybe that's why. The few times I saw him the apartment was having its own huge crises.
The other person, residing below me, told me after a year and a few months of saying she would be an anonymous witness, that she was delivering a child and she would try to get the statement notarized before then. I have that on tape, however I did not use it.
I figure my civil case is so incredibly strong that despite that I know nothing about law and most likely will botch up every painstaking effort, that the judge is prejudiced, that the defendants are entirely uncooperative and that time keeps slipping away, I'll win this case and I'll have made new law. Then I will let the world know how the entire city and state government, not even the federal government, not one single non-profit agency and a couple of law firms would help me with the case. That I was entirely alone in doing it and much of the time I had a full time job and did I mention the smoke was oppressive so you could hardly do anything but faint and wake up the next morning. The saddest thing, the dearest thing to my heart, is that I was not able to go to my dad because I had to show up at court on December 15, 2008. It was another abusive encounter and when it was over I did just barely make it in time to be with him his last two weeks. So that is what is at stake for me all the sacrifices, my art projects, my time with friends and family, my soul, all damaged. I want the world to know that forced eviction happens on a daily basis in New York City. I want the world to do something about it.
As to the bed bugged townhouse on the upper east side in the 80s (yorkville):
The tenants are all about telling you about the bugs and how they think they got there and how they are neglected in the landlord's efforts. Bring up the state attorney general and fort tryon apartments corp. case and they say oh no. Bring up that you had a valid tenant action and they won't get involved in that. Bring up that you are bitten no less than 100 times a day and they say oh well, bed bugs are in this entire building.
As to the smoke and poor ventilation problems and the fact that the apartment was left filthy for my arrival one of the tenants who is on the board said I thought a person had a right to smoke in their apartment after being told his next door neighbor was one of the worst offenders. I said we aren't talking about what rights they have in their apartment, we are talking about their trespass and battery rights in my apartment. He blushed and said no more. Hmm conscience or protecting their rights to let this go on.
Well that just about covers it, don't move into a coop apartment, and if you do or must be sure you are a sizable shareholder and on the board. The judge in civil court told this shareholder about the lack of upkeep in the coop over the years, this case isn't a winner. She boasted she had many coop cases, when you buy into a coop you've bought into a village and your major shareholder (the landlord and developer most likely) are the chief. You got to do what the chief says. The unit owner protested, she said not a winner. He was out sized by the bald headed board of members. I was thinking at the time, wow hell is going to be a funny place, this judge and these bald haired guys regretting their deceit to the citizens of New York City.
