Originally Posted by
lkfmdc
I have a student who teaches my 7 am classes. He arrived one day at 6:30 am, put down his bag and went through it to look for his keys to the front door. He was approached by someone (turned out to be a new neighbor) who confronted him and said "what are you doing here"
My student rightfully said to a person whom he had never seen before, none of your business
The neighbor then reached for his bag , which is his private property. In NYS you have the legal right to use force to defend your property
The landlord walked by, said "hey!" and shooed away the new neighbor, but it had the potential for a beating..... and it would have been the neighbor's fault