I was sued for an alleged debt from 1993 by NYC landlord. Judge denied him the 1600. and then his real estate/collections attorney put me into collections and the landlord got to write off a debt that was not a debt. Great for these big landlords in NYC as they play the corporate game and sue a tenant 10 times and write it off each and every time even though its not a valid debt. Its a big deal in Manhattan.
Additionally the landlords real estate attorney also had a collections agency so he continuously flipped the landlords debts into his agency and again the landlords get to keep writing it off with each and every lawsuit, in this instance it was 8 lawsuits for the same amount.
I think they should have to have a license to be debt collectors and at the time they did not. Additionally there should be harassment laws regarding just this matter about landlords as if someone sues you 3Xs for the same thing, they should lose their collections license. I even responded from the very beginning with a certified letter stating that I did not owe any part of the debt! Additionally what did help after almost 20 years was reporting the landlords real estate license for violating business practices in NYS for overcharging rent statements. This certainly got their attention however I still had to retain an attorney for a lawsuit against them and prevailed but then you have to pay the 20% of what you recoup to the attorney. I wish they would just lose their license for harassing you for 20 years. It is disgusting that no one in NYC has done anything about it but then I don't need to tell you how corrupt everyone there is and that includes the legal system. NYC government and housing system is like dealing with the mob and I say that after having to deal with them aggressively for the past 3 years after being attacked for almost 20
If you put an article about landlords and illegal lawsuits and collections, you would be flooded with responses. It is an area of collections that is hidden from you but very prevalent in NYC.
Lauren Schmitt
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I was sued for an alleged debt from 1993 by NYC landlord. Judge denied him the 1600. and then his real estate/collections attorney put me into collections and the landlord got to write off a debt that was not a debt. Great for these big landlords in NYC as they play the corporate game and sue a tenant 10 times and write it off each and every time even though its not a valid debt. Its a big deal in Manhattan.
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Lauren Schmitt
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Additionally the landlords real estate attorney also had a collections agency so he continuously flipped the landlords debts into his agency and again the landlords get to keep writing it off with each and every lawsuit, in this instance it was 8 lawsuits for the same amount.
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Lauren Schmitt
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I think they should have to have a license to be debt collectors and at the time they did not. Additionally there should be harassment laws regarding just this matter about landlords as if someone sues you 3Xs for the same thing, they should lose their collections license. I even responded from the very beginning with a certified letter stating that I did not owe any part of the debt! Additionally what did help after almost 20 years was reporting the landlords real estate license for violating business practices in NYS for overcharging rent statements. This certainly got their attention however I still had to retain an attorney for a lawsuit against them and prevailed but then you have to pay the 20% of what you recoup to the attorney. I wish they would just lose their license for harassing you for 20 years. It is disgusting that no one in NYC has done anything about it but then I don't need to tell you how corrupt everyone there is and that includes the legal system. NYC government and housing system is like dealing with the mob and I say that after having to deal with them aggressively for the past 3 years after being attacked for almost 20
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Lauren Schmitt
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thanks for listening!
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Lauren Schmitt
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If you put an article about landlords and illegal lawsuits and collections, you would be flooded with responses. It is an area of collections that is hidden from you but very prevalent in NYC.
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