News Summary

• Adrian Hayman said he paid $1,600 for a studio apartment near Prospect Park.
• He said landlord David Michael asked him to pay a deposit of one month's rent to "save your spot" Hayman didn't know it at the time, but so-called “good faith” deposits or “earnest money” were made illegal in New York in 2019.
• Hayman left without keys, the bedframe still in his car, two days later, Michael texted him saying he’d been rejected.