Re: Breaker storry - part 2 - Landlord Forum thread 339574

Re: Breaker storry - part 2 by Geoff (NY) on October 7, 2015 @12:03

If you already knew there was an issue with utilities, and you were there at normal working hours with a representative of the utility then most judges in NY would apply common sense to the situation and on the basis of safety would grant expedient access to the property. In fact most judges from the court sessions I have attended would be more upset with the landlord decided to postpone the necessary actions by the utility company if it would delay the tenant regaining his utilities. What really should have happened was that you should have decided on the basis of seeing the extension cord to the neighbor's house you had the right to immediately investigate the property for potential fire hazards (and code violations ) which you found. It is up to you to decide whether this is an aberration of an otherwise good tenant, or the beginning of a pattern of a bad one. A good tenant would have given you a heads up that he was just running a cord to keep the fridge running. and was diligently working towards fixing his screw-up. If he was trying to run his whole apartment from a single 120 volt 15 or 20 Amp outside extension cord then he was creating a fire hazard, if he was running a 240 volt higher amperage line he was creating a serious hazard of electrocution.

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Re: Breaker storry - part 2 by John (NY) on October 9, 2015 @10:13	[ Reply ]

Thank you, Geoff, you see exactly what's happened. The problem is that reporting the violation come back on us, owner. According to the Chief of the Building Department, only the owner will be charged with the violation.