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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
I came home today (like most other days), and as I got off the elevator, I noticed that the door to one of my neighbor's apartments was sealed shut with bright green NYPD tape. There was a notice on the door that said something to the effect of "this apartment has been sealed by order of the NYPD, any entry is forbidden." Pretty cryptic. But the header of the sign had the ominous acronym: D.O.A.  I am assuming the old lady who lived there (I never actually met her- it's a NY thing) must have been found in there. And considering I've only rarely seen her emerge, and she never seemed to have any visitors, I am thinking she may have been there for a while. So I'm kinda skeeved that all this time I've been coming and going, she's been slowly turning into worm food just mere steps away...
Okay... this sounds horrible... but based on her age and the age of the building (pre-war), I am 99% sure she is one of those legacy rent controlled tenants- so she's paying like $250/month for an apartment that would normally fetch $4000/month (yes, four thousand) on the open market. And under NY City law, the apartment remains regulated even after the tenant leaves. Am I going to go to hell if I call the apartment management company tomorrow inquiring about this "new vacancy." I know it's so morbid... but getting an apartment like this would be like hitting the lottery... I feel so bad... |
I bet you any amount of money, if there was some way to contact her in the afterlife and you asked her that question, she'd say something like, "Wow - all the things you could ask me? Uhm -
YEAH knock yourself out; take the apartment. It's just this weird
3-dimensional useless thing to me - I'm dealing with like, a hundred dimensions here and an entire eternity of time, so you'll excuse me if I'm not too interested in this....." Point being, yeah I know it's a little "squeamish" but you can't take it with you - It's not going to hurt her or anyone else in any way and i.m.o. there's certainly nothing morally wrong with it. But yeah I can understand how you, or anyone, might feel a little wigged out about it; that seems natural to me.