1. I was merely appraising landlord of the mold situation. What your client chooses to do, or not do, about it is entirely her decision.

2. May I point out that ridicule and sarcasm tend to produce negative results, regardless of situation where it is used, and oftentimes brings about the very results one seeks to avoid under the circumstances, e.g. I would not make deals, even for the sum of $10,000, or $100,000 for that matter, with someone who disrespects me.

3. As stated above, I was merely appraising landlord of the ongoing problem.

4. Matters will end when both parties reach a resolution that accords with the laws of New York.

5. Am I reading you correctly? You are asserting that I am denying your client access to investigate a complaint that is invisible to the eye. (?)

6. Notifying landlord of problem in my apartment is not harassment, but rather necessary information.

7. There is a simple answer to why other tenants have not complained Ð they leave. I have lived at 517 Manhattan Ave for 2 and a half years, and during that time I have seen in the 4 units above mine, a turnover of 13 tenants. They give up and move on.

8. The heating system is not uniform throughout the building as you well know. No less an expert than Judge Hahn, after I provided proof of the inadequate radiator (too small) in my apartment decided to award me a 20% abatement for lack of heat last year, not to mention the $1650 landlord's niece cheated me of, and a couple of hundred dollars for the space heater and other material I had to buy to keep myself warm.

9. Tenants living in market rate apartments for less than a year, leave rather then take landlord to court. Court action is useless because landlord then may simply evict such tenants when their lease is up at the end of the year. Landlord can drag matters out so that lease runs out before repairs have to be made Ð sound familiar?

10. As was pointed out in Judge Hahn's court, landlord is responsible for maintaining premises, regardless of tenant's financial resources. Landlord broke the law. Why do you keep bringing up matters that have already been settled in court?

11. Please note that I do not duck or hide from anyone. There are some people though, that I do not care to interact with, and seeing that this is my home I am even less likely to entertain unwanted intrusions.

12. Lastly, there is a problem that I approach gingerly. How to say this? The problem is reflected in this very email you have sent me, not the correspondence of an attorney, an officer of the court as you would have it. Rather the email is angry, sarcastic, belligerent, and even bitter. As someone who has worked in the psychiatric field, I would say that you have lost objectivity in this case and are becoming involved in a personal vendetta; the harassment at my door, the constant use of screaming caps to address me in both correspondence and motions before the court, the endless regurgitations of past court proceedings (see point 8 and 10,) the disrespect you accord me, and incidentally your own client, which you told to shut up in Judge Capella's court, the constant lies in court by you and your client, which you abet, (there is also a noticeable pattern of disrespect in the way you behave before female judges.) I point this out because your reaction to my letter about the mold is almost hysterical in its overreaction to the contents, and works against your favor by humiliating and degrading the very person you seek to communicate with; you are further inflaming a volatile situation.

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