It Begins… Squatters Take Over NYC 

I cannot fathom living in NYC. What a clown show.

Squatter laws should not even exist in the 1st place...

My next door neighbor is deployed and she has squatters in her house. They gave them 4 months to get out. They have destroyed her house its so sad.

I love how you are stepping up and using your platform to speak out and honor common sense. It is crazy how today’s moral compass seems to not only be broken but shattered 😔

That's crazy. A squatter can change the locks on the doors, but the home owner gets arrested for charging the locks on the doors.

This is fking ridiculous! Why does the law protect the criminals and not the HOME OWNERS? I bet if the homeowners didn’t pay their taxes the city would certainly GET INVOLVED! 😤😡

I used to own eight buildings in New York City. I sold them in 2003.I never had problems squatters. I know my temper and I wouldn't tolerate squatters. I am so glad that I left New York State and the United States.

Squatters are not tenants, so why does the NYC legal system protect squatters as if they are tenants. Even if the squatter lives in a property for more than 30 days, their mere entry is breaking and entering which demands punishment. The police must enforce breaking and entering laws as vigorously as squatters rights, if not more so, since squatter are not tenants.

How can stealing a home be legal??? Our legal system is going straight to Hell.

Florida just signed into law protecting homeowners from squatters. As of July 1, police can immediately remove a squatter from the property if he can’t show proof he rents there or the house is his. It’s also a felony if squatter causes more than $1000 in damage to property. All states need to enact this law.

I lived in NY in the 80's and 90's. I heard stories that people would find an empty apartment and make a lot of fake leases. They would hold an open house and "rent" the place, taking a 1 1/2 mo security deposit from several people. Terrible when they all showed up on the 1st :/

It's pretty amazing that you did a fourteen minute explaining something that one would think is unthinkable in a lawful society. Moved out of NY five years ago and I can't ever imagine coming back.

Florida just passed a law that makes it a crime to squat or to offer a property you don't own for rent or sale. It also makes it a crime for a property owner to falsely accuse someone they rented to of squatting, to protect legitimate tenants. Squatters can be removed by the police pretty much immediately.

Nadia Vitels was murdered by Squatters in Manhattan. She was found by her son dismembered in a bag… JUSTICE FOR NADIA!

That’s crazy! Squatters have no rights in somebody else’s property. The lawmakers have no brains.

"lawless city"- you nailed what NYC has become. Sad, very sad. I have not visited in 4 years due to this lawlessness.

It's trespassing and theft. Ban "squatting".

Florida just signed that this can no longer happen. If squatters in your home just call the cops and they are gone

Thanks for the video content! 🙏

Cash, you rock. I like how you covered both bases of this issue.

The sad thing is that poor woman will go through the court system for months, pay a lawyer, take time from work, and even if she wins, those squatters ,guaranteed ,will destroy her property, since there was no lease, how is she to collect for damages?

Why can the homeowner get arrested for changing the locks but the squatters don't get arrested for changing the locks? that doesn't even make sense.

This guy makes great informative videos.. good job!!

@1:55 somewhere in an alternate universe…someone is making a YT video about how “NYC has gotten so bad, crazy men are screaming into newspaper boxes!!”

Meanwhile in Florida, De Santis just signed a bill authorizing immediate removal of squatters as soon as the owner proves ownership. My only regret is that I didn't move to Florida from NYC sooner.

Unlawful entry, trespass, mail fraud? Where are the mayors vacation homes?

Great video! Extremely informative, very well made cinematography

Thanks for explaining the laws

Reasons to leave/not go to New York. 1. Incredibly High Rent 2. Squatters Taking you to court over your own house 3. Normalized crime 4. A terrible metro system

Somehow squatting went from people overstaying their lease or stopping their mortgage payments. To literally invading homes and refusing to leave.

I have seen a few of your videos. You are very brave to report the problems New York has at the moment. Vey entraining and informal. You present facts very well. Keep up the good work.

I knew it !!! Squatting became so popular for a reason ! It's a very good excercise for your legs and back !!!

There's a guy in Southern California you can hire, who you give a lease to, and he will move in with the squatters. The theory is that both the squatter and the anti-squatter have rights that need to be sorted out in court, but that takes months. He makes life so miserable for the squatters (he stops bathing, he stays up all night, he invites friends over, he eats their food) that they decide to move out.

where I live squatters rights don't kick in until 12 YEARS has passed. 30 days is absolutely insane.

Good channel. You’re dealing with the problems.

Squatters includes relatives of a tenant who visit and stay. It took me over a year going to court with a lawyer to “evict” the squatters of my senior tenant who passed soon after they came. I could not turn off any utilities or change the locks! They lived for free during that entire time. I still had to pay the mortgage and all utilities which put me into debt. They moved when they felt like it and I still had to wait 30 days more because they did not give me the keys. Of course the lawyer and the police had to be called for my evidence just in case they returned in the future. Squatters also include friends or family who stay and visit for 30 days or more and refuse to leave. Owning a home makes you a landlord which is considered a business!

Imagine trying that in Texas. That squatter would have a meeting with a 12 gauge before seeing the police

Florida just ended squatters rights. The rest of the country needs to follow suit. But IMO, if the squatters are here illegally, then that in itself should be a whole other charge.

This is amazing!!

Moose and Rocco are going to have a booming business soon.

My brother owns multiple rentals in New York. He's a great landlord and doesn't gouge people on the rent so he had little turnover. But what he does is when someone moves out his handyman moves in until it is rented. It's a new world out there.

I can remember when squatting/trespassing used to be felonies called "breaking and entering" and "burglary." So quaint!

You’re actually giving more people the information on how to squat!

Lots of empty homes at Martha’s Vineyard and bald head island. Squatters should go to those high end vacation area with empty homes.

That woman with the ear muffs is a hero! She brought true attention to squatter laws and hopefully there will be change.

I have a feeling that this stuff is going to end not because they care about us but because squatters are taking mansions now close to where these powerful people live.

Is this a joke, is this the most powerful and advanced country in the world? What an investigation by police, Bravo!

Squatters get mad because they are finally legally told to leave, then they destroy the property, leaving the owner to foot the bill for repairs.

Zero tolerance for squatters, no questions.

If you find SQUATTERS living IN YOUR HOME, what you have to do is: Wait till they’re not at your home. Write your friend a lease. Get your friend to go break into your house and move in. Then when the squatter tries to come back into your home, they will be breaking in. Your friend can then call the police and have the squatter arrested for breaking and entering. Your friend, as a tenant, will have more rights to your home than you will, as an owner.

@Cash-LOVE the content, film style and public/consumer education content. Hope a cable network with money gives you a channel & that Adams is a regular subscriber.

I've heard alot of crazy squatter stories. A few years ago squatters moved into a very expensive house, something like $2 million dollar house, that was still on the market. It took 2 years to get them out. When the owner was finally able to get them out and gain re-entry back into the home, the squatters had poured concrete into every toilet, down every tub and shower drain. The house was built on a concrete slab. The owner had to dig up the concrete floor to gain access to the drainage pipes, some of it even getting into the septic system. It cost them almost a half a million dollars just to repair the damages. When it was finally sellable again, the owner was only able to get back a small portion of what he had to pay to repair the place, he couldn't raise the price of the property to get back what he invested in the property because of the comps. This all is a nightmare indeed!!

I had a squatter from 2019-2023. It was a nightmare. Countless court dates. She finally got evicted thanks to a judge who excercised common sense.

This is hideous! Fire the Governor! Fire the Mayor! This has to change NOW !!!

I’ve been in the industry since 2001. The changes and legalities have been a 180 degree change in what I used to know.

thats crazy. In my country if you dont have a legal written contract the owner of the building can simply call the police - who will then evict the squatters with as much force as needed.

My wife (the smart one in our house): "Why doesn't New York just require that a tenant/landlord agreements be registered with the city, with a start and end date? This removes the guesswork on the part of law enforcement, and could generate a little bit of revenue for the city. No matter how long the squatter has been there, if they are not recognized by the city as a "registered" tenant, they have to leave. There, problem solved!"

What they don't show often enough is how squatters will strip a home! The owner gets it back to find all wiring removed ect.

I went through this so I moved in with the squatters and drive him crazy and once he left fora week I filed a no trespass order to keep him away until the court date for the eviction.

I like that you put your phone in things to flim ... people just thinking you are off your rocker talking to the news paper box hahahahahah

How many times can I say how grateful I am that I moved out of NYC. Born and raised there but as soon as I retired I left.

I'm In Australia and it's 12years over here not 30days my mind blew when U said 30days

Just to give you an update the guy was officially kicked out and was arrested as well the lady has her house back

Cash Jordan is THE only TRUSTED reporting journalist representing NY..thank you sir, long time subscriber from Jamestown NY here

In my coutry there sometimes happens something similar. People usually figting it by turning off water and electricity and other things like internet, and whatever they can, making life inside hard as possible.

This is so sad. I’m so thankful that my apt complex installed locks that require a code, no key!!! Nothing is fail safe, but it makes it a lot harder for a squatter to get in.

I was a landlord in RI. I said was….this happened to me. Unfortunately the squatter died of an OD in the back bedroom two weeks before eviction court. He talked my son on the spectrum into getting in there. When my son wanted him out, he called the police. My son went into a meltdown and all of a sudden, there is a restraining order against my son and his “friend” lived therefore 4 months. I had to pay all the utilities. I’m selling. It’s not worth it anymore.

This is so wrong! NO property owner should be arrested for defending their home! The laws need to be changed. It is not only NYC, most major metro areas are at risk.

I live in NYC and the mayor, city council and DA's don't give a fuck about the people who live here.

this has to be the dumbest thing ever.. home owner getting arrested by someone who is there illegally

It's hard to make Canada look sane, but New York has done it!.

Florida just made the right move, so long as it works as planned. Evict squatters and NY politicians.

I bought an old hoarder house recently with the hoard still inside, it wasn’t habitable for the first few months I owned it. I had a lot of work to do before it was livable and I could move in. I was petrified of squatters showing up while I was working on the house and pulling this crazy stuff.

cameras everywhere outside and inside to see every inch :D physically going there doesn't make much since because someone could be watching you do "routine visits" and just mark their entry and exit around those visits unless your gonna have variable check ups

$5200!!!! for an apt? and thats reasonably priced?! thats beyond crazy.

Im from Germany, we have clear documentation on such things. Both parties have documents, if someone claims they own a place or living at a place, that can be clarified with a call and your ID. So this whole squatter thing looks crazy to me.

Wild▶︎ Unbelievable--who can be safe living in NYC ⚠︎ All your shows are Great✌︎ People should stand up for justice! Feeling sorry for the house owner.

Most of the time they know they're empty because there's no windows or blinds or curtains up

I’m so proud of Desantis.,,great governor, works for his people.

I live in Texas, and we don't play this game here. Squatters have no rights here, just as it should be.

I use to work from home for New York and this use to be a big problem then too :/

Thank you for defending our constitutional rights and exposing the lack of law and order in America.

Floridas governor just signed a bill that allows owners to get rid of them fast, and makes it a felony. Felony for the owner also if they unlawfully kick out a actual tenant.

Former rental property manager here. In most states there are specific laws protecting both renters and landowners. What the hell is New York doing? Wow.

Your right, homeowners need to protect their property with cameras, monitor interior on a daily basis (with video proof) and most importantly, have good neighbors who inform owners if someone is living on the property.

Dude, WTF?! I keep waiting and waiting for you to explain how that apartment is squatter proof and you never do!

Same story in Spain, there have been cases of old people who were at the hospital for surgery, and after only 2 weeks away they found out that their home was squatted. Squatters have more legal rights than owners. It's nuts!

This has started happening in Atlanta as well because of TikTok people telling them how to show up print a fake lease so when you call the police saying someone broke into their house the police say it's a civil matter! And the legal process takes more than 30 days and now they have rights!! INSANE

I love NYC but won’t be returning until it’s safe to do so!

Florida has very strict anti squatter laws as of recently, giving the police the ability to remove squatters.

A woman was murdered by squatters coming back into her Manhattan apartment. 💔💔

This is infuriating SQUATTERS SHOULDN'T HAVE RIGHTS TO BEGIN WITH😡

So what you need to do is rent the place to yourself. Then you have a lease that does not allow for subletting. Once that documentation exists, then it is impossible for the squatter to make any claim, as the lease does not allow it. The solution for the city is to only consider a lease valid if it is registered with the city or notarized. In other words, the only way to gain tenants rights is to have an official document that is registered and notarized. Simple solution.

Lol if someone breaks and enters a home of mine... lol I have tears in my eyes thinking of how we're soooo not going to court.

Need more states like Florida... squatters get ripped out. They have 0 rights.

Tip: Burglar Alarm will prevent squatters. Florida just passed a law that gives police the right to immediately arrest squatters and criminally charge any trespasser with a felony for any intentional damage and issues a misdemeanor charge for falsifying a lease.

6 Grands a month to rent 3 bed flat is very well priced" In what world is that very well priced? I dont care if its in new york, rent should never be that fuc*ed up!

Another excellent reason for moving to New York. Free real estate, completely legal. Possession is 10/10 of the law.

I refuse to be acting like a criminal regardless of what the laws are. I live an hour north of Albany, NY and got hit by a car and couldn’t work. I was disgusted that my county told me to use squatters rights instead of giving me any needed assistance to keep my apartment and have food. There’s something wrong with the system and process if taking advantage of a landlord if the best option that an official COUNTY WORKER could give me. I’m fortunate that my job starts back up soon and can support myself again regardless of my injuries.

I agree with your final point about giving power back to the property owners. It’s called private property for a reason, so why would I need to go through public channels to solve the issue