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Just yesterday heard about a condo building, where although all owners have been paying their HOA fees, the board hasn't been paying the water/sewer bills. Arrears are up to almost $300,000 and the city for the first time sent individual notices to all of the 50 condo owners informing them that they are severally and individually responsible. So, a surprise bill of $6,000 for everyone. Needless to say, owners are wondering where the $300,000 went.
Your humble MoD has a true story (I think it's related in a way):
When me and my wife moved out of our parents houses, we first rented a market-rate apartment in our area.
One Monday morning, I left to go to work and noticed that the light in the common area hallway was out
I thought to myself, "the light bulb must have blown, I'm sure the super will see it and fix it." The super was prompt with most minor building maintenance issues.
Came home from work, light was still out.
This continued for the next few days.
Now we're at Thursday. I come home from work, the light is still out.
By now my wife had found out what happened.
Apparently since we were new tenants, we paid for our electricity. Older tenants in the building for some reason, did not pay for their own electricity, the LL paid theirs.
Well the LL hadn't paid the electric bill in some months, so whoever wasn't paying their own electric had their electric bill cut off. That's why all the lights in the common areas were out too. It was almost summertime, and ppl lost their food.
So it wasn't the light bulb
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Can this be done in buildings that are rent stabilized (where water included and rent has been paid by the tenants)?
Unless there is a separate utility bill, then answer to your query is "yes".
Con Ed and other utility companies have in past shut of electricity and or gas to multi-family housing regardless of RS or whatever due to unpaid bills by LL.
Rental housing in NYC is classified as "commercial" property so there you are.
Much of blame lies with uber liberal progressive democrat led city council that has refused to renew city's ability to place liens on properties for unpaid water bills. As per their usual reasoning is they are "protecting communities of color... who often have been impacted..."
Mayor of City of New York don't need city council's approval to shut off water to delinquent properties. Adams isn't playing and council cannot say "boo" to stop him either.
Con Ed and other utility companies have in past shut of electricity and or gas to multi-family housing regardless of RS or whatever due to unpaid bills by LL.
I wonder if LLs can use this tactic to force RS tenants out. Pretty dirty.
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How did they let people get so far behind? When I worked for the water district in Oakland CA back in the 1970s-80s we turned off hundreds of homes and businesses in alameda and Contra Contra Costa counties every day for delinquent bills. I remember once turning off an occupied apartment building with 200 units, we then notified the health department, and surprise! They paid it that day. I can understand some leniency during the Covid lockdown but that ended
nearly 4 years ago.
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