Hello,
This is my first time posting on this forum, and my first time actually having a landlord problem in NYC (I consider myself very lucky). I am in the process of leaving my market-rate apartment. I am the sole named lessee. My landlady declined to honor and countersign a lease renewal, which is a totally separate, and now lost fight. (I have a new place, so it's settled.) A few days ago, I cleared a lot of my possessions to the curb. The next day, the building's super called angrily, then came to the apartment to tell me that I couldn't (because it wasn't trash day -- which is true, my bad).
However, he then told me that because the next trash day wasn't until well after Labor Day (when my lease ends), that I should leave anything I plan on curbing in the living room, and he'll take it after I vacate. This really, really concerns me. My landlady is very experienced, owns many properties, and plays legally, but very much for keeps. I would not be surprised in the slightest if she took this "stuff' in the living room (which includes a couch, for God's sake!) as not leaving the apartment in good working order, jeopardizing my security deposit.
What is your advice in this matter? I try to keep as much of my contact with her documented, but my super manages many of her buildings, and only communicates with me via phone (I save his voice messages), or in person.