Hello All,
My former landlord is holding my security deposit. I shared an apartment in Westchester with two other people for more than a year. There was no written lease and I decided to move out in November of 2007. I gave the landlord oral notice. Two days before I left the landlord said that he would keep half of my security deposit because I was moving out one month before the the people I was sharing the apartment with. I've sent two letters to my old landlord and he refuses to refund my deposit. There was no damage to the apartment and all rent was paid. I wrote a letter and got a case number from the Westchester AG but they have not replied since. Do I have a case for recovering my deposit plus damages?