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NYC Homeowners Told They Will Be Arrested If They Turn Off Electricity, Water As Squatters Take Over
Townhall ^ | April 07, 2024 | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 04/08/2024 6:52:07 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The woke city of New York is being overrun by rampant crime, illegal immigrants, and now squatters thanks to a law that turns them into tenants after 30 days.

New York City homeowners are being pushed to financial limits that allow squatters to live rent-free. At the same time, the owners are forced to keep paying electricity and maintenance bills for the apartments.

Under New York City law, anyone who lives in a home or apartment for at least 30 days can claim squatter’s rights, even if they broke into the property without permission from the owner.

Squatters are taking advantage of New York City laws while homeowners go broke.

Several homeowners told CBS that they would be “arrested instantly” if they were to change the locks, evict the squatters, or turn off necessities such as hot water. They are forced to pay for the upkeep of the homes while squatters, many of whom are illegal immigrants, get to live in them for free.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: arresthochul; homeowners; illegals; nyc; propertyrights; rentals; renters; squatters; treason; utilities
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To: mewzilla

Some COUNTIES will let property taxes go 3+ years unpaid before seizing the property.


61 posted on 04/08/2024 8:26:20 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Squatters — like rioters, looters and arsonists — should be shot on sight.


62 posted on 04/08/2024 8:26:28 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Anyone who stays in NYC gets what they deserve.


63 posted on 04/08/2024 8:27:44 AM PDT by Lazamataz (To anyone who also wants to see the Stealth Liberal "joesbucks" banned, contact me by Freepmail. )
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To: Dacula

The law says you aren’t allowed to stop paying. Take the food out of your children’s mouths to pay for squatters’ utilities, the mortgage and maintenance.

Why can’t the owner and a few husky friends also squat there?


64 posted on 04/08/2024 8:28:32 AM PDT by bgill (.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Pro tip: Don’t call the police and report “squatters” when encountered.

Extra Pro Tip: Make friends with some hard pipe-hittin crackheads and pay them 100 each.

65 posted on 04/08/2024 8:30:21 AM PDT by Lazamataz (To anyone who also wants to see the Stealth Liberal "joesbucks" banned, contact me by Freepmail. )
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To: Mark17

I think i saw that movie- Snakes on the Plains


66 posted on 04/08/2024 8:30:29 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Mr. Mojo

So what’s to keep you and a bunch of large friends from squatting on the squatters?


67 posted on 04/08/2024 8:38:49 AM PDT by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Remember when the musical “Rent” was seen as somehow saving Broadway—and therefore the City?

Clearer eyes were reconsidering that over a decade ago:

https://thinkprogress.org/why-benny-is-the-closest-thing-rent-has-to-an-actual-hero-f4edbcc2bc0b/

But still the City itself seems not to have learned from it.


68 posted on 04/08/2024 8:40:12 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: mom.mom

These Liberal Blue States are nothing but inspired by Evil.


69 posted on 04/08/2024 8:40:14 AM PDT by Herman Ball
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To: Mr. Mojo

I would let them arrest me.


70 posted on 04/08/2024 8:40:17 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Mr. Mojo

I wonder what percentage of the victimized homeowners have voted “D” their whole lives?


71 posted on 04/08/2024 8:49:45 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: xoxox

Just Obama redistributing the wealth any way he can tick tock Barack.


72 posted on 04/08/2024 8:51:54 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Bob434

👍


73 posted on 04/08/2024 8:52:57 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Mr. Mojo

And they will keep voting democrat. You reap what you sow.


74 posted on 04/08/2024 8:53:59 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: Mr. Mojo

The “30 days of squatting law” and then you’re considered a tenant is insanity. Of course, if these properties were already occupied by a tenant or an owner this crap would be happening a lot less.

These squatter stories will saturate the news media for at least a decade.


75 posted on 04/08/2024 9:08:45 AM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Ain’t murica great?


76 posted on 04/08/2024 9:10:17 AM PDT by Old Yeller (On judgement day, you’ll wish you were biblically correctly, not politically correct.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Easy fix.

**SHOOT** the electric meters. Use a pellet gun.


77 posted on 04/08/2024 9:10:55 AM PDT by Salgak
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Martha’s Vineyard, too. Just drop off a family at a time, with tools. . .


78 posted on 04/08/2024 9:12:35 AM PDT by Salgak
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To: Othniel77

Making comrade Kaprugina proud

Yuri comes home
https://youtu.be/qnpATXvwWrI?si=Q4SlDweOVc_cbClZ


79 posted on 04/08/2024 9:34:12 AM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: Mr. Mojo

How hard is it to to blast open your own door and neutralize the threat? Very in NY I guess.


80 posted on 04/08/2024 9:34:16 AM PDT by samadams2000
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