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Image by pch.vector on FreepikIf you live alone, have a buddy! Check up on each other - by text, phone, or even a conversation. If your buddy is outside the building, make sure they have the super, Sako's, number: 212-663-8527, in case something happens. And make sure he has your keys!
You can even get a roommate if you live alone and want company:
The NY Foundation for Senior Citizens , (212) 962-7559, helps seniors find someone who has been carefully screened to live with them. Rent stabilized tenants are allowed to have roommates, as long as the roommate doesn't pay more than 50% of the rent. (If you're providing a furnished room, that amount goes up slightly.) Then you have to notify Stellar of the person's living there. Finally, you would have to count that person's income as part of your total household income if you're on SCRIE or DRIE.
AND MAKE SURE:
Give Sako the current keys to your apartment. (He keeps them locked up under a code, so no one wandering into the office knows which keys are yours.)
Give Sako or Thai has an emergency contact for you.
Give the tenant association or the doorman or Sako has your CURRENT phone number.
If you have a Will, give the ORIGINAL to the person who will be the executor. (If you later change your will, you can notify him or her.) If you leave it in your apartment and die there (as happened to one tenant recently), your apartment will be sealed and the executor won't have access to the Will.
