Q: Six months ago, while I was out of town, there were two unattended deaths in my 60-unit co-op building in Brooklyn.
My apartment is above the unit where this occurred, and I returned to flies and a smelly apartment.
Two months later, the co-op board got a court order allowing it to break the NYPD seal and remove the apartment’s contents.
In typical cases where a neighbor causes unwanted odors, you would approach the co-op board and make a claim against the neighbor, depending upon the terms in your co-op’s governing documents.
In this case, the co-op board could make the argument that your neighbor’s estate is the responsible party, if the deceased tenants were shareholders, or the sponsor, if they were renters.
Locations:
Brooklyn