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At the point when the police arrested her, from their perspective she could be a landlord just harassing her tenants. The police department don't have the power to check the tenancy registry, if such a thing exists in NYC (maybe that's something they should be authorised to do, if one exists).If she's standing there with the deed to the house and they can't prove they have a legal tenancy agreement with her or her legal representative, it's pretty obvious who is in the right here.
"Oh, you have a tenancy agreement? Who's it with? Not the legal owner of the property? GTFO"
They need to, not just evict but jail these scumbags.
I never realised why any tenancy agreement, even private ones needs to be registered with the government where I live until now.
It's not obvious at all. If a tenant doesn't produce a tenancy agreement on the day, it doesn't mean they aren't a legal tenant. Police also aren't legally educated to know what is and isn't valid proof of tenancy (eg if a tenant produced a fake agreement, the police would not know if it is fake, as it's not their area of expertise. Likewise, the police are not educated on what a legitimate deed looks like).
You're operating as if all information is instantly readily available and everyone has perfect understanding of the law.
Not watched the video, but it seems they had utility bills, so they had some sort of paperwork. And not producing a tenancy agreement in the moment doesn't mean someone isn't a valid tenant. I rent, my last tenancy agreement document was in 2018 and since then I only have emails to evidence tenancy extensions. I guarantee if I tell a police officer about terms like "section 13", "section 8, "section 21" they won't know wtf I'm talking about. Reality is nobody here can know the situation, neither can the police. It's an issue for legal experts to deal with. We live in an adult world where due process is supposed to be followed, rather than acting on an emotional whim.All squatters claim they're tenants. But the guy in this case didn't even have a lease agreement or any paperwork, so he should've been arrested right there.
The smarter ones will at least forge a lease agreement, but if they're too lazy to even be good criminals then fuck 'em. Haul their ass to jail.