By the way, my new place is really great-- almost worth all the trouble I have had getting there AND I had a job interview today, so things in general are looking up.
Excellent!
I don't know what to tell you about the cats. It does seem a shame to split up a pair of cats that actually like each other. I also get teh not wanting to lie to your landlord thing. I am currently lying to my landlord about the number of pets I own, and it bothers me when I stop to think about it. Fortunately, I don't think about it very often.
Can't it be like the express lane? I.E., 2 cans of tuna = 1 item? 2 kitties = 1 pet??
That is
not
true in the express lane, Aimee. Not true.
In NYC if your pets are "flagrant" or something for some period of time, you get to keep them, lease or no. Not sure if that's a state or local law, but you could give it a shot. Just move in the two cats and see what happens.
ARE SO! If they're on special 4 for $5, that counts as 1 item!
If they're on special 4 for $5, that counts as 1 item!
But, so far, 4 for $5 seems to translate to $1.25 each, and ...
Wait! No! Who cares about the math? You're a big express cheater.
2 cans of tuna = 1 item?
You are one of THOSE people.
My cats are grandfathered in now. Originally, it was one cat, with a deposit. I never mentioned it. And then I had 2. But no one came by with a lease for a couplethree years and when the new company went around re-upping leases, they grandfathered in all existing tenants' pets at no penalty.
If they're on special 4 for $5, that counts as 1 item!
Exactly! Same thing applies to "Buy One, Get One Free". They don't give one to you for half price, so you're forced to buy both.
You're a big express cheater.
But only by, like, 2 items. Maybe 3. 5 at most. But usually, just one or two.
See! Kathy knows!
Bah. It's "openly and notoriously," but it's just NYC:
"Tenants may keep pets in their apartments if their lease permits pets or is silent on the subject. Landlords may be able to evict tenants who violate a lease provision prohibiting pets. In multiple dwellings in New York City, a "no pet" lease clause is deemed waived where a tenant "openly and notoriously" kept a pet for at least three months and the owner of the building or his agent had knowledge of this fact. However, this protection does not apply where the animal causes damage, is a nuisance or substantially interferes with other tenants. (NYC Admin. Code §§27-2009.1) Tenants who are blind or deaf are permitted to have guide dogs regardless of a no-pet clause in their lease. (Civil Rights Law §§47)"
(This is from a State AG office document on tenant rights.)
