[MadIvan]

I suppose some could say the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge lives. Forget the ghosts of Christmas Past and Present for this one, just drag her off to hell.

Regards, Ivan

[alisasny]

I figure she paid at minimum the first and last months rent and one month security. For a 2500 apt that is 7500 just to move into the place. I am sure the family is ok with the 2500 for the one month where she actually occupied the place as that is fair and customary.

Anything beyond that sum is pathetic and this woman should rot in hell. I hope the family sues her back for abuse and gets the 2500 for the first month too.

[paulklenk]

just drag her off to hell.

And boil her in her own pudding.

[Salgak]

All that is needed is to let the NYPD and FDNY know who this woman is. And then refuse to protect her or her property. . . unofficially, of course. . .

[evolved_rage]

More details here

This hag of a landlord moved into the victims apartment.

[ShadowAce]

Under New York law, a tenancy agreement does not automatically end when a tenant dies.

Having never been in New York, it sure sounds awful. However, the above sentence indicates that, perhaps, something else is going on here that isn't being reported.

[Non-Sequitur]

Ah it's great to see that those New Yorkers are over the tragedy of September 11 and have returned to normal.

[YourAdHere]

I hope this woman never procreates.

[lsee]

projectile? Like this?

[TomB]

There is a special place in Hell for people like this.

[1234]

international spotlighting of the case'll probably have interesting ramifications....

[Hugin]

Under New York law, a tenancy agreement does not automatically end when a tenant dies.

Let me play devil's advocate here. It looks like the landlord is prevented from renting the apartment to someone else because the lease is still valid. Meanwhile the landlord may be paying a mortgage on the property, and is losing money on the vacany. All the 9/11 victim's families got at least $300,000 and most more like a million. So why don't they just pay the guy and not expect him to absorb the loss?

[ladyinred]

OMG! This woman should be shunned by the entire community for this kind of heartless cold blooded behavior! Were I a tenet in her building, she would get notice alright! Sheesh!

[gcruse]

 "I think it's outrageous from a legal standpoint, and it's
even worse from a moral and humane standpoint.

No, it's outrageous from a moral and
humane standpoint.  From a legal
standpoint, it is either legal or not.

[weegee]

I guess that things are complicated by NYC's rent control which alters the lease agreement (compared with other cities).

What happens when someone dies of a shooting, car accident, drug overdose, illness, etc. in NYC?

Is their estate bound to payoff the rental contract?

I thought that the payoff to survivors of the 9/11 attacks was supposed to go to covering expenses from the sudden loss of job/breadwinner.

Are landlords in NYC forbidden from terminating the lease agreement upon death (contract signer is no longer involved in the lease)?

[steve-b]

The family also claim Lyman refused to let them into the apartment to get a hairbrush for a DNA sample to identify any remains. The family finally obtained the sample with the assistance of the police.

Why do I have a hunch that this process involved hints about the next housing-code inspection being done by somebody known around the office as "Old Anal-Retentive"?

[weikel]

I thought in America you couldn't inherit debt.