A person from a certain unnamed organization is harassing my brother and his wife regarding their tenancy in a building that organization owns and which the person administrates. This Rabbi has made false claims that he needs to use my brother’s apartment for his own/family use which he is barred from by secular landlord-tenant law because he is not the owner of the building, it is owned by Organization, a corporation. As well, there are 3 other apartments in the building each of which was vacant during the past two years which the Person could have used but, instead, re-rented at substantial increase in rent and removal of parking privileges that were previously included in the rent. As well, my brother is entitled to a rent reduction in accordance with a notice from the city of this entitlement but the Person has not voluntarily implemented the rent reduction which forced my brother to take the Organization, which the Person administrates, to secular landlord-tenant court. The landlord-tenant court judge gave the Person 30 days to provide my brother and the court with specific information related to the rent reduction issue but the Person has not given that information to my brother. As well, the Person has phoned my brother’s wife, which he was told not to do, numerous times and even came to their apartment when only she was home and was very intimidating. This Person, as the administrator for Organization which owns the building, does no maintenance or cleaning of the common areas of the building where the apartments are even though Organization is required to do those things. There are many other bad behaviors by this Person. What can my brother do regarding this Person’s unacceptable and illegal behaviors.
Answer:
Perhaps there is someone in the organizations leadership, in you or area or in New York that you can contact. Otherwise, it may be wise to involve some other local Rabbinic leadership. It certainly seems you need some outside help/mediation to settle this in a peaceful way.
If it’s a possibility, the easy way out would be for your brother to pick up and leave, while not easy, it may be the best way to free himself from dealing with this person causing so much difficulty.
Dear Din Online: I am going to guess that din would dictate that this article be modified so it does not have the name of a specific organization. Could you imagine if the organization would publish a response about an unnamed person who works for din online and sidelines in the stuff described here?
I agree with you that names should be left out of the question.
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