From the Forum: Can I Recoup Costs From Tenant-Caused Apartment Damages?
A Brownstoner reader has an elderly tenant who left a sink running, causing damage in the tenant’s apartment, as well as the two below it.
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A Brownstoner reader has an elderly tenant who left a sink running, causing damage in that tenant’s apartment, as well as the two below it. Commenters have suggested that the only approach is to file an insurance claim; are there any other routes the landlord could take?
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