Yellow and Purple Concrete, Fuming Red Landlord.

[Steven Aponte]

It's crazy I have to ask for advice on this, but here goes. I own a 3 family in NYC. I live on the ground floor with my wife. I self-manage (Why? WHY?!?). My second floor tenant is a nuisance. I will not renew her lease and if I were anywhere other than NYC I'd evict. But I digress. Last night I came home to find a pair of sneakers in front of the building entrance. This is a small building, the entrance feels like one for a private house. Except for these sneakers, wrapped in tape, and spray-painted yellow. The concrete was apparently the backdrop for this tennis shoe Picasso, because the ground was spray painted yellow as well. But wait, there's more. My front yard, all concrete, now looks like a Diwali festival, because in addition to the yellow spray paint, there is a 3 ft in diameter purple dot where the same tenant dropped a can of paint a few weeks ago. My question (besides do you have a good lawyer in the Bronx, New York) is how should I handle this? Should I bill this back to the tenant? If so, how much? Or is it just the cost of doing business since I didn't have a question about "aspiring graffiti artist" on my application. Thanks in advance, Fuming Red

[Jim Adrian]

@Steven Aponte

I agree with @Thomas S.  Only thing I could add is sent her a letter to clean it up with 7 days or you will hire it out and bill her for it.