Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-03-19 19:55:12 UTC
A New York City property owner recently ended up in handcuffs following a
fiery standoff with a bunch of squatters she has been trying to boot from
her familys home, tense footage of the ordeal shows.
Adele Andaloro, 47, was recently nabbed after she changed the locks on the
$1 million home in Flushing, Queens, that she says she inherited from her
parents when they died, ABCs Eyewitness News reported.
Its enraging, the homeowner said of the squatter saga. Its not fair
that I, as the homeowner, have to be going through this.
Andaloro claims the ordeal erupted when she started the process of trying
to sell the home last month but realized squatters had moved in and
brazenly replaced the entire front door and locks.
Fed up, she recently went to her familys home on 160th Street with the
local TV outlet in tow and called a locksmith to change the locks for
her.
A heated, caught-on-camera spat with the alleged squatters quickly
unfolded and ended with some of the so-called tenants and Andaloro
being led away in cuffs.
In New York City, a person can claim squatters rights after just 30
days of living at a property.
Under the law, it is illegal for the homeowner to change the locks, turn
off the utilities, or remove the belongings of the tenants from the
property.
By the time someone does their investigation, their work, and their job,
it will be over 30 days and this man will still be in my home, Andaloro
said.
Im really fearful that these people are going to get away with stealing
my home, she added.
During the recent encounter at her home, Andaloro who was armed with the
deeds was filmed entering the property after one of the apparent tenants
left the front door open.
After changing the locks, a man claiming to be on the lease identified
by the local outlet as Brian Rodriguez returned to the property and
barged through the front door.
You shouldnt be trying to steal my house, a furious Andaloro yelled at
him during the caught-on-camera ordeal.
Following a flurry of 911 calls, responding cops told Andaloro she had to
sort the saga out in housing court because it was considered a landlord-
tenant issue.
Andaloro was ultimately arrested for unlawful eviction given she had
changed the locks.
In addition to her arrest, Andaloro said she is being forced to start an
eviction filing in court to settle the landlord-tenant dispute.
The ordeal is just the latest involving squatters in the Big Apple in
recent weeks after a couples plan to move into a $2 million home in
Douglaston, Queens, with their disabled son was derailed by a squatter who
claimed to have an agreement with the previous owner.
Separately, a squatter was also found to have turned a Rockaways home into
a stomach-turning house of horrors by keeping more than a dozen emaciated
cats and dogs trapped inside the property.
Conversation
Actual Conservative Patriot
4 hours ago
Eviction laws need to be amended to make it absolutely clear that if the
owner has received no payments, and if there's no lease, there's no
defense, at all, against eviction.
On a more practical note: this is why I don't rent anything out to
anyone, ever again.
RealityMan
2 hours ago
Here is what worked when I had dangerous and non-paying tenants. They were
so bad, such a nuisance in town that a town resident (NOT me) gave them a
thinly veiled threat that he would end their lives if the tenants caused
more problems. They high tailed it out of there within weeks, living in
sheer terror in those weeks. And after the threat, still not paying rent,
they asked me for help. No way. Adios. They trashed the house before they
left. Here is reality: NY State will do NOTHING to protect citizens and
create a lawfully civilized society. NY State only protects criminals,
those who arrived here uninvited and "the" minority causing havoc
everywhere they live. Get out of the state before complete anarchy becomes
the rule. As is happening. We are leaving, selling our properties and
never returning. If we move to Nigeria, it would be more civilized than NY
State.
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fiery standoff with a bunch of squatters she has been trying to boot from
her familys home, tense footage of the ordeal shows.
Adele Andaloro, 47, was recently nabbed after she changed the locks on the
$1 million home in Flushing, Queens, that she says she inherited from her
parents when they died, ABCs Eyewitness News reported.
Its enraging, the homeowner said of the squatter saga. Its not fair
that I, as the homeowner, have to be going through this.
Andaloro claims the ordeal erupted when she started the process of trying
to sell the home last month but realized squatters had moved in and
brazenly replaced the entire front door and locks.
Fed up, she recently went to her familys home on 160th Street with the
local TV outlet in tow and called a locksmith to change the locks for
her.
A heated, caught-on-camera spat with the alleged squatters quickly
unfolded and ended with some of the so-called tenants and Andaloro
being led away in cuffs.
In New York City, a person can claim squatters rights after just 30
days of living at a property.
Under the law, it is illegal for the homeowner to change the locks, turn
off the utilities, or remove the belongings of the tenants from the
property.
By the time someone does their investigation, their work, and their job,
it will be over 30 days and this man will still be in my home, Andaloro
said.
Im really fearful that these people are going to get away with stealing
my home, she added.
During the recent encounter at her home, Andaloro who was armed with the
deeds was filmed entering the property after one of the apparent tenants
left the front door open.
After changing the locks, a man claiming to be on the lease identified
by the local outlet as Brian Rodriguez returned to the property and
barged through the front door.
You shouldnt be trying to steal my house, a furious Andaloro yelled at
him during the caught-on-camera ordeal.
Following a flurry of 911 calls, responding cops told Andaloro she had to
sort the saga out in housing court because it was considered a landlord-
tenant issue.
Andaloro was ultimately arrested for unlawful eviction given she had
changed the locks.
In addition to her arrest, Andaloro said she is being forced to start an
eviction filing in court to settle the landlord-tenant dispute.
The ordeal is just the latest involving squatters in the Big Apple in
recent weeks after a couples plan to move into a $2 million home in
Douglaston, Queens, with their disabled son was derailed by a squatter who
claimed to have an agreement with the previous owner.
Separately, a squatter was also found to have turned a Rockaways home into
a stomach-turning house of horrors by keeping more than a dozen emaciated
cats and dogs trapped inside the property.
Conversation
Actual Conservative Patriot
4 hours ago
Eviction laws need to be amended to make it absolutely clear that if the
owner has received no payments, and if there's no lease, there's no
defense, at all, against eviction.
On a more practical note: this is why I don't rent anything out to
anyone, ever again.
RealityMan
2 hours ago
Here is what worked when I had dangerous and non-paying tenants. They were
so bad, such a nuisance in town that a town resident (NOT me) gave them a
thinly veiled threat that he would end their lives if the tenants caused
more problems. They high tailed it out of there within weeks, living in
sheer terror in those weeks. And after the threat, still not paying rent,
they asked me for help. No way. Adios. They trashed the house before they
left. Here is reality: NY State will do NOTHING to protect citizens and
create a lawfully civilized society. NY State only protects criminals,
those who arrived here uninvited and "the" minority causing havoc
everywhere they live. Get out of the state before complete anarchy becomes
the rule. As is happening. We are leaving, selling our properties and
never returning. If we move to Nigeria, it would be more civilized than NY
State.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.