Comments by "rejvaik" (@rejvaik00) on "New York Ends Squatters Rights After Migrants Start Taking Over Homes." video.

I think it's a leftover remnant part of British common law which the US law is also derived from Where at the time it was not uncommon for an entire family settlement out in the middle of rural country hundreds of miles away from anything to just be completely abandoned because the family living there had died And no one knew about it for months or years And rather than letting the work just go to waste you could indeed just take over
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Me too, the only downside is cops themselves like the actual organization, not the employees, have immunity from prosecution so you can't sue the NYPD as a whole or any other police department for negligence which in Europe is definitely what would have happened
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There's always a grace period, it's that part about when a law "comes into effect" you can't retroactively by charged for criminal action if you immediately stop the behavior when the action is finally deemed criminal it's called a right of Habeas Corpus which prevents unlawful detentions Although to be fair there was once in the US history when this right was suspended, by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 as deemed by a national emergency from the federal government And at the time you everyone hated Lincoln for it and they called him a tyrant, and at the time that contempt and dislike for him was justified But politics is a fickle thing, by 2 years later in 1865 they were singing his praises and the suspension of it was forgotten
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@donttalktome-imacat2106 I don't know what you mean, I just wanted to give an understanding of why you can't retroactively face criminal charges if you cease all behavior once the law comes into effect And only once did this right get taken away in American history and that's a good thing at least when compared to other countries
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@donttalktome-imacat2106 ok now I see what you mean Yeah it's possible they will try to stretch and attempt to change the definition but I highly doubt it will be successful Right now the idea of squatting is held in huge contempt at all levels of government as it's been increasingly seen by everyone as nothing more than a loophole for legally protected theft So I don't think anyone who still tries to squat after the law goes into effect and then say "oh officer I'm not really squatting you see, I'm blah blah xyz" will be a very convincing argument anymore As the main reason why the squatting issue blew up was because the squatter didn't need to show anything except a verbal proof of residency And taking someone on their word over the person who has the literal deed to the property is very much moronic
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@donttalktome-imacat2106 it's true, pointless lawsuits do waste the court's time , but in this case I think we will see a very minimal number of those types of events
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A rare W for New York, credit where credit is due Good job 👍
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