u/Mauricito23

Hey all, I’m trying to identify a landline phone my mom had around 2001. It was a cordless phone but required a headset to talk—no mic on the handset. The handset was rectangular, like a thick bar of soap, with a translucent purple and white design—purple on one side, white on the other. The base had the handset cradle on the left side and a keypad on the right. It might have been from RadioShack or BellSouth. Does anyone remember a model like this?

I’m trying to figure out whether I’m actually responsible for this bill or if I should dispute it harder.

This was in New York. I had an apartment where utilities were originally included in the rent. The lease eventually expired, and no new written lease was signed afterward. My former roommates continued living there.

One complication is that my mother stayed in the apartment after I moved out, and she paid me, and then I paid the landlord. So I may have technically still been functioning as the “main tenant” even after the written lease expired.

At some point, the building switched to submetered electric through Metergy. There had apparently been legal disputes/injunctions delaying this for a while, but eventually they started charging tenants for electricity separately.

I recently started getting calls from Metergy about a ~$620 final notice bill in my name. I never signed up for electric service, never authorized an account in my name, and never signed a new lease agreeing to utilities being transferred over. I believe management may have sent general memos/notices about the utility changes, though.

What’s confusing to me is:

- There were originally 4 people on the lease, but only my name ended up on the electric account.

- I was never asked to sign anything.

- I never directly opened an account with Metergy.

I’m planning to dispute the bill and request proof of authorization/account setup documentation.

My question is:

In New York, can a landlord/property management company effectively designate someone as responsible for submetered utilities like this without direct authorization? Or does my continued involvement as the rent-paying tenant after lease expiration make me likely responsible anyway?

Not looking for formal legal advice, just trying to understand how strong or weak my position realistically is.

I’m trying to figure out whether I’m actually responsible for this bill or if I should dispute it harder.

This was in New York. I had an apartment where utilities were originally included in the rent. The lease eventually expired, and no new written lease was signed afterward. My former roommates continued living there.

One complication is that my mother stayed in the apartment after I moved out, and she paid me, and then I paid the landlord. So I may have technically still been functioning as the “main tenant” even after the written lease expired.

At some point, the building switched to submetered electric through Metergy. There had apparently been legal disputes/injunctions delaying this for a while, but eventually they started charging tenants for electricity separately.

I recently started getting calls from Metergy about a ~$620 final notice bill in my name. I never signed up for electric service, never authorized an account in my name, and never signed a new lease agreeing to utilities being transferred over. I believe management may have sent general memos/notices about the utility changes, though.

What’s confusing to me is:

There were originally 4 people on the lease, but only my name ended up on the electric account.

I was never asked to sign anything.

I never directly opened an account with Metergy.

I’m planning to dispute the bill and request proof of authorization/account setup documentation.

My question is: In New York, can a landlord/property management company effectively designate someone as responsible for submetered utilities like this without direct authorization? Or does my continued involvement as the rent-paying tenant after lease expiration make me likely responsible anyway?

Not looking for formal legal advice, just trying to understand how strong or weak my position realistically is.

I’m trying to figure out whether I’m actually responsible for this bill or if I should dispute it harder.

This was in New York. I had an apartment where utilities were originally included in the rent. The lease eventually expired, and no new written lease was signed afterward. My former roommates continued living there.

One complication is that my mother stayed in the apartment after I moved out, and she paid me, and then I paid the landlord. So I may have technically still been functioning as the “main tenant” even after the written lease expired.

At some point, the building switched to submetered electric through Metergy. There had apparently been legal disputes/injunctions delaying this for a while, but eventually they started charging tenants for electricity separately.

I recently started getting calls from Metergy about a ~$620 final notice bill in my name. I never signed up for electric service, never authorized an account in my name, and never signed a new lease agreeing to utilities being transferred over. I believe management may have sent general memos/notices about the utility changes, though.

What’s confusing to me is:

There were originally 4 people on the lease, but only my name ended up on the electric account.

I was never asked to sign anything.

I never directly opened an account with Metergy.

I’m planning to dispute the bill and request proof of authorization/account setup documentation.

My question is: In New York, can a landlord/property management company effectively designate someone as responsible for submetered utilities like this without direct authorization? Or does my continued involvement as the rent-paying tenant after lease expiration make me likely responsible anyway?

Not looking for formal legal advice, just trying to understand how strong or weak my position realistically is.

While cleaning recently, we found my wife's old Dell Studio 1555. I love the look of it and I want to revive it. I plan on doing an SSD swap and installing some lightweight distro of Linux. I'm not the most well versed in Linux. I've Dual booted Ubuntu on my desktop but I really didn't use it too much. What distro is the best for this one? I just plan to use it for some light web browsing and maybe some stuff in Google docs.