So…here’s the thing with the latest brilliant idea floated by New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The legal ramifications he isn’t talking about pursuant to NYC and NY state law.
Could be ticklish, to say the least.
What the mayor proposed the other day – his “vision,” as he framed it *snort* – was that a great deal of the influx of illegals pouring in from the border surge could be safely housed in people’s private homes – all those empty spare bedrooms. Surely there are plenty enough of those around the city?
It’s almost one’s duty, you know.
“MY vision, YOUR spare bedroon.”
Socialists. Gotta love ’em.
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Being a cagey operator, he dangled the money thing as a carrot. The billions he’s talking about would work out to $125-140 or some odd a day for taking each one of these migrants in. That’s serious cash even over a month’s time.
…’There are residents who are suffering right now because of economic challenges, they have spare rooms, they have locales,’ the mayor said.
‘If we can find a way to get over the 30-day rule and other rules that government has it place, we can take that $4.2 billion – $4.3 maybe now -that we potentially have to spend and put it back in the pockets of every day New Yorkers,’ he said.
Jeez! That sounds so good! $140/day each illegal…lemme do the math and…= CHA-CHING!
The only rule Hizzoner’s mentioned “getting around” is the 30 day rule, and that’s a grey area right now because he wasn’t specific. Lots of the city’s rules are based on 30 day periods.
…In New York City, there are a handful of rules that Mayor Adams could have meant. One rule prevents property owners or tenants from renting out their entire apartment or home to a guest for less than 30 days. Another rule blocks landlords from preventing their tenants from having guests as long as the guests stay less than 30 days.
As you can imagine, reactions are running from the obvious – “How about your crib first?” – to relating lived experiences…
… and back to fond memories of another “quartering” crisis…
…that eventually went bad for equally arrogant authorities.
But it’s what’s not being said in any of the pitches for the mayor’s vision that could bite homeowners in the tookus who jump on this. The different 30 day rules he’s referring to have nothing to do with what happens when the illegals you’ve allowed to take shelter in your home, by virtue of the kindness of your heart and largess of the state, then decide they don’t want to leave. New York City and state rules favor squatters. And there are also very specific triggers for being able to claim residency in any abode you’ve occupied that make it practically impossible for a homeowner to safely rent rooms to these people.
These warnings should be passed wherever Adam’s Air-Illegal-BnB is being touted as a way to boost your income temporarily.
Well, of COURSE these people will need a mailing address, especially if they’re part of the tiny minority actually filing for asylum! Is Mayor Adams’ team going to tell you that?
The personal safety and liability issues alone are huge, so why even take the chance? I understand that sometimes money is hard to resist, but when so much can go so completely sideways, holy smokes. Let’s pretend for a minute they come up with a magic waiver for the migrants to fill out.
What has a signed piece of paper ever meant to a progressive or a liberal law firm? Besides the fact that the city could void the whole arrangement at any time or point out that, as you are accepting money in exchange for their accommodations, they are deemed “tenants.”
Squatters with tenants rights.
In NYC, stories about squatters are relatively common because squatters are granted rights after only 30 days of occupying a property. And once that happens, it can be a long and difficult process to evict them.
To their own detriment, many property owners are unaware of how easy it is for illegal tenants to get squatters’ rights in New York . To add injury to insult, evicting those who have illegally taken possession of another’s property can be relatively complicated in New York. This is mainly because, in New York City, it only takes 30 days before an illegal trespasser or squatter is upgraded to a legal tenant.
Yeah, there’s a whole lot the smooth talking man in charge of this disaster isn’t saying about his “vision.”
Proceed with caution.
Even better – don’t proceed at all.
Let the visionary figure it out.
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