ם Andrew Cuomo Says…
Posted on June 23, 2008 at 12:18 am
From the Office of the New York State Attorney General, with regards to my ordeal this morning:
In emergencies, tenants may make necessary repairs and deduct reasonable repair costs from the rent. For example, when a landlord has been notified that a door lock is broken and willfully neglects to repair it, the tenant may hire a locksmith and deduct the cost from the rent. Tenants should keep receipts for such repairs.
—From the New York Tenant’s Rights Guide.
ם Highway Robbery
Posted on June 22, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Sunday morning. Needed to buy groceries for the week. Strapped on bag, grabbed bike. Tried to leave apartment. Door won’t open. Lock jammed.
Call super. No answer. Call building manager. No answer. Call landlord. No answer. Call landlord’s emergency number. No answer. Leave voicemail. Call locksmith. Finally, an answer.
Locksmith comes. $55 just to show up.
Locksmith drills out my lock. $285.
Locksmith replaces my lock. $400.
Locksmith does… something else? Something locksmithy? $95.
Ah, plus tax. $69.
$904 later, I still don’t have any groceries. Hmph.
Derek Powazek:
Did you know the average sell-through rate for a magazine is about 30%? The sell-through rate is the rate which a given issue of a magazine will sell from a store. That means 70% of all printed magazines are just stopping by the newsstand on their way to the garbage dump or recycling center. All that time, work, and energy, just to make trash.
I thought about trying to express this in words, and realized a picture would be far more effective.
At 23rd St. and 6th Ave.
That is all.
A topless, obese woman in a wheelchair being pulled down the street by an out-of-control German Shepherd.