Every day offers new reasons to never move to a blue city or state or to get out if you’re already in one.
That’s because they aren’t safe places for your family, your money, or your sanity.
Now a New York City woman was just arrested for one jaw-dropping reason.
Adele Andaloro is the proud owner of a house worth one million dollars in Flushing, Queens.
Andalaro inherited the house from her parents.
She was in the process of selling the property when a group of three people simply decided that they were going to move in last month.
A group of randos decided they liked the place so much they’d simply move in
She confronted the three, then changed the locks, hoping that after they left the house they wouldn’t be able to get back inside.
But instead, two men who claimed to be tenants called the police on her, claiming that Andaloro had illegally evicted them.
When police showed up, they asked the men to prove their resident status.
While Andalaro was able to produce the deed to the house, the men had no documents to back up their claims.
A woman gets arrested for removing squatters out of her $1,000,000 house in Queens, NY.
Adel Andaloro inherited her family's home in Flushing, Queens after her parents passed away and was in the process of selling it when she noticed that someone illegally moved in. pic.twitter.com/JjCIIQVjjP
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In New York, it is against the law for a landlord to turn off utilities, change locks or remove belongings of someone claiming to be a tenant.
Squatters rights in New York trump those of rightful owners
Incredibly, the law also extends these same rights to those who have been squatters for at least 30 days.
Unfortunately, because of backlogs, eviction cases in New York City take an average of 20 months to be resolved.
Thus, the people staying there would have rights to the property for an extended period of time.
Andaloro was told by the police that the issue had become a landlord-tenant dispute and that could only be settled in housing court.
Police then arrested her for her illegal eviction.
According to ABC-7, some city residents (who may or may not be total deadbeats) are aware of this law and know that if they are approached by police over a squatter dispute, it is advantageous for them to claim that they have been on the property for 30 days.
But there may yet be a happy ending to this story.
Since it made national news, there have been some new developments.
The Daily Mail reported that a pair of what that outlet called “vigilantes” had come to Andalaro’s aid.
The two showed up at the home to confront the squatters and tried to convince them to leave the property.
One of the men, dressed in a pro-Trump t-shirt, told that outlet, “We are looking to get this guy out. I am here to talk to him. I want to see why he is here.”
While the squatters did not leave at once when the two men appeared on the doorstep demanding answers, two of the alleged illegal tenants took off the following day.
The national (and even international) exposure may have spooked them.
The squatters were seen quickly getting into a car while shielding their faces from cameras and refusing to answer any questions.
It’s not yet known if they’ll be back, but their hasty departure is certainly a promising sign.
In the end, this is just one more example of how in deep blue New York, the real criminals are often given preferential treatment over those simply going about their business.
Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.
