We live in New York state. We own a second-floor condo and our downstairs neighbor smokes quite regularly. The smell is terrible and seems to come through the air vents. Turning on the A/C does not help, since that is where the leak seems to be. Opening the windows does not help, since the smoke escapes her windows and travels up to ours. We run two air filters in our condo and she has agreed to use one in hers, although I can't verify how often she uses it. This helps somewhat, if the odor is slight. However, if, for instance, we've been gone all day, the smoke can be overpowering and severely affects my allergies. Our condo association declined our first request for assistance.
Are there ANY legal precedents in the state of NY that can help us in ANY way?
Thank you for any help!
2007-05-12
16:02:43
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