New York Metropolis squatters can be tracked and the properties they take over can be listed in a web based database below a brand new Metropolis Council invoice that might additionally criminalize freeloading within the Large Apple.
Metropolis Councilwoman Susan Zhuang launched the invoice Thursday, calling for a quarterly report on squatter properties by the NYPD and different metropolis companies.
“We can not enable squatters to be above the regulation,” Zhuang mentioned as she known as for squatting to be categorised as an unlawful act.
The quarterly report can be posted on-line with info together with the addresses of recognized squatter homes and the variety of days the property has been below squatter management. It will additionally embody when the NYPD or metropolis officers grew to become conscious of the squatters and any response to these complaints.
Zhuang mentioned throughout a Metropolis Council assembly she’s pushing the invoice as a result of the squatting disaster has been a problem in her southern Brooklyn district.
“In my district, a union employee was compelled to proceed paying hundreds of {dollars} for a mortgage for a house he and his hospitalized spouse can not dwell in,” Zhuang mentioned. “The home had been burnt down 4 instances by a squatter who additionally triggered a variety of different points within the neighborhood.”
“Individuals are afraid to even take a trip, and after they come again their residence can be occupied by another person,” Zhuang went on.
“When the squatting will get reported its categorised as a landlord and tenant subject, which will get immediately handed to housing court docket. There’s inadequate knowledge about squatting.”
