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We rented an apt through Corcoran’s rental division. They charged us $5000 for their “services”. After living in the apartment for less than a month we found out that it was an illegal unit with no Certificate of Occupancy. It wouldn’t have been that bad if there was a working oven and working heat… but there wasn’t. My question is this, does anyone know if Corcoran needs to uphold to any laws to protect renters from this kind of fraud? They do not want to give us our money back and could not find us a new apartment so we were forced to leave Brooklyn. We don’t think they deserve a cent because they should of at least done their due diligence to find us a legal unit. What else are you paying them so much money for. Any help or advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.