NYC homeowner arrested after standoff with squatters who illegally took over her $1 million property

NYC homeowner arrested after standoff with squatters who illegally took over her $1 million property.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyc-homeowner-arrested-standoff-squatters-194413776.html

People should immediately install alarm systems and have authorities involved, also maybe temporary hire security service?
File legal eviction order with the court, follow the law.


Why is this happening in the first place? Liberal policies that protect thieves,

 

Have a Squatter? Who you gona call? SquatterBuster!
‘Squatter buster’/hunter: For a price, this California man will rid your home of ‘unwanted guests’
Flash Shelton, 57, has made a career out of his singular talent for “squeezing out squatters.”

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/squatter-hunter-price-california-man-102300149.html

The California native, who identifies as an “anti-squatter activist, squatter hunter, squatter remover,” says he just does whatever he has to to help people get squatters out of their homes. And sometimes that means using these “unwanted guests’” own strategies against them.


Turning it back on the squatter

 

I like that! Solution that just sparkles in its simplicity. Not saying it might not get messy. He's a brave man. I'm just saying that the logic in the solution is very simple.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktokker-tells-illegal-immigrants-invade-090200575.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink

TikTokker tells illegal immigrants how to ‘invade’ American homes and invoke squatter’s rights

 

New York State legislature is trying to change the squatter's rights law to eliminate the craziness.

Last week a woman was found murdered in her late mother's Kips Bay (Manhattan) apartment. It was alleged squatters from the Bronx who, unbeknownst to her, had been staying there when the woman arrived to move things in/out of the apartment.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/2-suspected-squatters-taken-into-custody-after-woman-s-body-found-in-duffel-bag-in-nyc-apartment/ar-BB1knj85

 

Two things: First, don't be an absentee landowner. That's true wherever you are. Second, we aren’t talking about ownership. The "squatters" claim to be "tenants". The police don't want to adjudicate landlord/tenant disputes. They want a court order to evict.

Same thing happens here except that our courts are able to keep up with the caseload. I was able to issue a writ within days. NYC's Housing Court is notoriously underfunded but that's not the fault of the law.

 

Thanks, this is good advise.

For the Police, are they free to decide the policy how to treat something like trespassing? I understand that tenant can be abused by landlord as trespasser so there are protections.
But in case of underfunded courts maybe the police policies need revision on city by city case?

 

Squatters burned New York home while wreaking havoc on 'hardworking families,' officials say

https://www.yahoo.com/news/squatters-burned-york-home-while-202202037.html

 

Flash Shelton? I know that name. Pretty sure I've got a couple of Flash Shelton comics in the collection....

 

Six months for arson???!!! That used to be a 25-year sentence!

 

Six months? A cakewalk! C'mon, Suss. Let's go burn down a couple of degree mills!

 

That's why they can't reduce the crime in NY.
There is no sufficient deterrence.

 

Here's the true facts instead of your false talking points.

NYPD Announces January 2024 Citywide Crime Statistics
quote:
Continued declines across most major crime categories prevailed during January
2024, compared to the first month of last year, and included substantial drops in murder, rape, burglary, and felony assault. And for the second month in a row, the number of vehicles stolen in New York City was reduced by at least 3.8%
https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p00099/nypd-january-2024-citywide-crime-statistics

 

There's actual research on this...jail time neither deters nor rehabilitates.

 

I'm surprised to learn that. I thought the opportunity to learn something that would make a living, would be encouragement not to re-offend. Some ex-cons are proud of what they learned in jail. I remember, more than 55 years ago, meeting a man who was doing well, making very good money as a welder. He told me quite proudly, with a smile - "Know where I learned welding? In jail."

I guess it's not the same for everybody. Maybe former degree-mill operators, released from jail, would just start "The Almeda School of Welding" or something similarly bogus..

 

This is very true. But slightly more complicated, of course. Long prison sentences does not deter crime more than short jail time is the most pronounced finding in the research on this. As a counter example, some cities have eliminated eliminated arresting people for "petty" shoplifting. Say under $900 and so the crooks have gotten wise to this and sometimes take advantage.

Research Shows That Long Prison Sentences Don’t Actually Improve Safety
https://www.vera.org/news/research-shows-that-long-prison-sentences-dont-actually-improve-safety

I note that Vera news rating is HIGH https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/vera-files/

Note: I didn't look up rehabilitation studies but would expect that to be verifiable as well.

 

Yes, that is a definite problem.

 

Reading this info makes me scrutch my head.
I have no doubt police efforts are there, but its the policies that are not protecting sufficiently the homeowners.
It's seems to me the statistics are out of touch with residents sentiments. Technical vs practical.

But this is not an area of expertise to me so I will not argue.
In disbelief.

 

$900, huh? So - dang, no "free" Italian suits for me. "Say, which rack do you keep the best stuff on, from Bangladesh?"