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When I first met Angelica, she seemed perfectly nice. Then she seemed disorganized but well meaning. Then she seemed incompetent. Then she seemed deceitful and manipulative. Then she seemed mentally ill.
She showed me an apartment in Astoria in a rent stabilized building and told me if I wanted the place, I had to sign a two year lease. I asked her if, by law, the landlord was required to give me a one year option. She said she didn't know about that, she only knew I had to sign a two year lease. I figured this was a minor detail that would get sorted out. A few days later she told me I had been approved for the apartment and that I should come by and drop off the deposit. When I walked in, she was typing up the lease for me to sign.
I told her I wished to sign a one-year lease. She told me that wasn't an option. I told her that I had contacted the Department of Housing and confirmed that as a rent stabilized building, I had the right to sign a one-year lease (this is true). I gave her a very, very courteous letter to give to the landlord, explaining my position. I attached a fact sheet provided to me by the Department of Housing confirming the law. She became very angry with me. She put the typewriter away and started telling me that I hadn't actually been ""confirmed"" by the landlord. I asked her why she was typing a lease for me to sign. She didn't answer. I asked her if the landlord knew she was typing a lease for me to sign. She said, no, he didn't know. We went through something like an Abbott and Costello routine and then finally she said she would deliver my letter to the landlord, with my check. The next day she called me back and told me the landlord told her the building is NOT rent stabilized, therefore, he was not required to offer a one-year lease. I asked if she confirmed this. She said she did not. I placed a call to the Department of Housing. They confirmed the building in question WAS indeed rent stabilized. I texted Angelica this news, she did not respond. I texted her twice more -- giving her the benefit of the doubt and assuming she would be angry at the landlord for lying to her. She never replied. The next day I sent her a very polite email wondering if she had spoken with the landlord. She never replied. Finally I went to her office to talk to her and pick up my voided check. I asked her if she had anything she wanted to tell me. She said no. Nothing. I asked if she had spoken with the landlord. Here's where it gets really insane.
She started yelling at me that I was harassing her and that she was going to call the cops!!! I told her that she had broken the law by denying me a one-year lease, and that I would be reporting her to the Department of Licensing. When I asked for her last name, she said, ""Look it up!!"" I told her that I had tried to look it up already, but that I could find no record of her, or her business actually existing. She is not registered with any Realty organization. Her business is not on file with any agency. I asked her again for her last name and her licensing number. She said, ""That's it, I'm calling the cops!!!""
I really believe -- and I'm not trying to be demeaning here -- but I really believe the woman is mentally ill. Her depths of deceit, nastiness, and downright delusions are severe.
Whatever her problem, do not work with her!!!
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