Brooklyn tenants bust into apartments after landlord locks them out
Landlord Yuen Ip changed the locks on the rent-stabilized Brownsville apartments and put them on the market for higher prices. Several tenants reentered their apartments after enlisting a locksmith's aid.
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By Kerry Burke AND Greg B. Smith / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 2:05 AM
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The Brownsville tenants reentered their apartments with a locksmith's aid.
A group of Brooklyn tenants busted back into their rent-stabilized apartments Tuesday after their landlord had locked them out and marketed their units for more money.
After a series of fires forced out tenants of the six-unit building in Brownsville, landlord Yuen Ip changed the locks and ignored the city’s warnings to let them back in, said Brooklyn Legal Services attorney Adam Meyers.
Landlord Yuen Ip allegedly threw out rent stabilized tenants illegally. He also kicked the photographer.
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Landlord Yuen Ip allegedly threw out rent stabilized tenants illegally. He also kicked the photographer.
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The four, accompanied by Meyers, showed up with a locksmith and reentered three apartments. Another apartment had already been rented.
Juan Ramos found his old apartment completely refurbished, but Ip won't let him move back in.
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Juan Ramos found his old apartment completely refurbished, but Ip won't let him move back in.
“We’re reclaiming what was ours,” declared Steven Ramos, 33.
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Another tenant, Wilfredo Ramos, shows his old apartment.
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Another tenant, Wilfredo Ramos, shows his old apartment.
The showdown began in March with a fire. The city declared the building unsafe.
Ip is marketing the apartments at $1,500 to $2,300 per month, according to tenants and the building super.
The refurbished apartments were on the market $1,500 to $2,300 per month, according to tenants and the building super.
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The refurbished apartments were on the market $1,500 to $2,300 per month, according to tenants and the building super.
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Know your rights! Only a judge can order an eviction, and it must be carried out by a city Marshall. If this happens to you go to your local Precinct.
Illegal Eviction Law
NYC Administrative Code § 26-521. Unlawful eviction.
a. It shall be unlawful for any person to evict or attempt to evict an occupant of a dwelling unit who has lawfully occupied the dwelling unit for thirty consecutive days or longer or who has entered into a lease with respect to such dwelling unit or has made a request for a lease for such dwelling unit pursuant to the hotel stabilization provisions of the rent stabilization law except to the extent permitted by law pursuant to a warrant of eviction or other order of a court of competent jurisdiction or a governmental vacate order by:
(1) using or threatening the use of force to induce the occupant to vacate the dwelling unit; or
(2) engaging in a course of conduct which interferes with or is intended to interfere with or disturb the comfort, repose, peace or quiet of such occupant in the use or occupancy of the dwelling unit, to induce the occupant to vacate the dwelling unit including, but not limited to, the interruption or discontinuance of essential services; or
(3) engaging or threatening to engage in any other conduct which prevents or is intended to prevent such occupant from the lawful occupancy of such dwelling unit or to induce the occupant to vacate the dwelling unit including, but not limited to, removing the occupant's possessions from the dwelling unit, removing the door at the entrance to the dwelling unit; removing, plugging or otherwise rendering the lock on such entrance door inoperable; or changing the lock on such entrance door without supplying the occupant with a key.
b. It shall be unlawful for an owner of a dwelling unit to fail to take all reasonable and necessary action to restore to occupancy an occupant of a dwelling unit who either vacates, has been removed from or is otherwise prevented from occupying a dwelling unit as the result of any of the acts or omissions prescribed in subdivision a of this section and to provide to such occupant a dwelling unit within such dwelling suitable for occupancy, after being requested to do so by such occupant or the representative of such occupant, if such owner either committed such unlawful acts or omissions or knew or had reason to know of such unlawful acts or omissions, or if such acts or omissions occurred within seven days prior to such request.
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