NOTE: I publish this complaint here as this is the only venue I use for public documents. And I want it on the record, for my own protection.
As always, I tell my readers, sorry, being that this involves only my personal legal issues, this will be of no interest to you, so you'll probably want to skip it.
But if by chance you are looking for a rental property in the Rhinebeck, NY area, DO NOT rent a property from New Millennium. A slumlord who charges outrageous prices, cares nothing about the rights of his tenants, treats them with extreme disrespect, and violates the zoning laws, building codes, and Health Department regulations, unless he is forced to comply by complaints from tenants like me.
To their credit, the town officials in Rhinebeck have taken my many complaints seriously and have supported me, knowing that my complaints are legitimate, have merit, and that the law is on my side. Same with the police.
Barbara Hartwell
August 27, 2026
Barbara
Hartwell
Tenant: XXX
Rhinebeck,
NY
(NOT
a mailing address)
PO
Box 22
Rhinebeck,
NY 12572
XXX-XXX-XXXX (Landline, no texting)
New
Millennium
To
the management:
This
complaint is the fifth time (#5) I have contacted your office, by
phone or in writing by post, about the workers hired to maintain the
property at XXX.
After
the last incident perpetrated by these workers (names unknown), on
August 20, 2026, I called your office and reported their actions to
an associate (name unknown). I notified you that since none of my
other complaints resulted in stopping these workers from destroying
my property, leaving my front and side gardens alone, and ceasing
from disturbing me with their offenses of harassment, aggression and
verbal assaults, that I would be calling the police to report the
continuing offensive actions by these workers.
I
spoke to the police this week by telephone. Following is a summary of
what I reported.
FORMAL
COMPLAINT TO RHINEBECK POLICE
This
is a formal complaint to Rhinebeck Police Department. This concerns
repeated incidents of destruction of private property, harassment,
menacing, obscene verbal assaults and public slander by hirelings of
New Millennium, on the rental property where I have lived since
January 1, 2014.
I
have made a number of formal complaints to the New Millennium office
regarding the workers hired to maintain the property at XXX, including in writing, delivered by post, certified return
receipt.
I
have informed the office of New Millennium that I have the right to
protect my private property, including plants, garden statues and
ornaments which I have placed on the rental property for which I pay,
for the exclusive use of the cottage and yard.
I
have informed them that, aside from the grass in the shared side yard of my neighbors, and in the backyard of the cottage, which needs to be mowed, the rest is OFF LIMITS,
including the garden I have made in front of the house, and on the
other side of the house, where I have planted flowers and placed
garden statues. I have explained that I myself will maintain these
areas, and that the landlord's hired workers are not to touch them. I
was told by your office that this was understood, and that the
workers would be instructed to follow these directives.
These
workers have destroyed my private property repeatedly. They have
mowed down my plantings of flowers and herbs in my garden and
destroyed my garden statues with their weed whackers.
These
workers come twice a month in the spring and summer months. They have
been told many times to leave my property alone, when I have made
complaints to the office, but they have repeatedly disregarded these
instructions.
I
have been forced to come outside in order to try to stop them from
destroying my property. Each time, they have cursed at me with foul
language, shouting, “Fuck you!” and refusing to stop their
destruction of my garden and property.
In
the latest incident, August 20, 2026, they once again disregarded the
directives from the office, and from me, to leave my property alone.
One worker invaded the front of my rental property with his weed
whacker and proceeded to start to mow down the foliage. I was forced
to open my door to try to stop him, and was hit in the face with a
pebble from the weed whacker.
I
told him to STOP, to get away from my house. His answer was, “I'm
not listening to you”. He continued with his aggression against my
property, and I shouted again for him to get away from my garden, my
house, and my car (parked in front of the house), and he cursed at me
as he walked away.
Then
a few minutes later, a second worker approached my house and
aggressively started in with his weed whacker. Again, I ran out to
stop him and directed him to STAY AWAY from my garden and my private
property. I told him that he had no right to destroy my property and
that I had made complaints to the office of the landlord, who assured
me they would stop the destruction of my property.
This
worker began loudly shouting and cursing at me with verbal assaults,
“Fuck you!”, and “What the fuck is wrong with you”, and more
such insults, making a public spectacle with his harassment and
slander. I was only able to stop him by stepping outside and
continuing my protests before he mowed down more of my plants or
destroyed my garden ornaments.
These
workers are guilty of verbal assaults and harassment. This is
outrageous. These workers are thugs and criminals. They have no right
to destroy the private property of a tenant.
These
criminal thugs have been hired by the landlord, and he is responsible
for their continuing offenses against me, a tenant who is only
attempting to protect the rental property for which I am paying and
live in peace without having to continually deal with these offensive
disturbances.
The
landlord's office has never disputed my right to protect my private
property (plants, statues and garden ornaments), or my right to use
the rental property for gardening, and yet, these hired thugs
continue to wreak havoc, destroying my property, while harassing and
verbally assaulting a disabled senior citizen.
Another
important issue: I have medical conditions which are brought on or
exacerbated by stress. Being verbally assaulted by these thugs and
being forced to defend myself and protect my private property has
caused severe stress, which in certain cases led to visits to the
emergency room.
When
I spoke to the police officer, he confirmed what I knew: That New
Millennium is responsible for the actions of their hired workers. And
I was advised that if another incident occurs, of destruction of my
private property (including the plantings in my garden and/or my
statues); and/or the verbal assaults, public slander, harassment and
refusal to leave me and my property alone, to cease and desist, that
I should immediately call the police, who will stop them and enforce
the law, protecting my rights as a tenant, and against both civil and
criminal offenses against me.
These
individuals should be warned by your office never to invade the
clearly delineated, prohibited spaces of my rental property again,
and never to approach me again, or bang on my door, not to attempt to
speak to me, for any reason, especially not with curses, insults,
verbal assaults and harassment. It will not be tolerated. I will have
no dealings with such persons, and will hold your office accountable
for any damages, as they are your hirelings.
To
be clear: They are allowed ONLY to mow the lawn (the grass) at the
shared side yard between my house and the neighbor's house, and in the
backyard of my house. THAT IS ALL.
Anything
else is OFF LIMITS. I need them to STAY AWAY from the front of my
house (where my car is parked and behind it, my garden) and the other
side of the house where there is a bricked in, fenced area of plants.
To
harass me, publicly slander me, and to destroy my property and
disturb my peace, preventing my right to quiet enjoyment of my rental
property, will NOT be tolerated.
Be
advised that I will take any and all necessary actions under the law
to prevent future incidents of this nature from occurring.
Barbara
Hartwell
Tenant
XXX
ADDENDUM
Not to let an opportunity pass to expose the many offenses of a slumlord and
his criminal associates and tenants, here is a list of previous
related reports. I have never in my life had to deal with so much corruption, injustice, harassment, hostility, threats, the civil and criminal offenses against me, on a rental property where my right to quiet enjoyment has been continually and repeatedly violated. Truly appalling, shocking and utterly outrageous!
A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE: LIAR TRACY KRAWITT aka “SPACEY TRACY” MAKES
FALSE POLICE REPORT AGAINST BARBARA HARTWELL: DEATH THREATS
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-criminal-offense-liar-tracy-krawitt.html
PUBLIC
NOTICE & COMMENTARY TO RHINEBECK TOWN OFFICIALS: THE SLUMLORD &
HIS CRIMINAL TENANT -TRACY KRAWITT AKA "SPACEY TRACY"-
OUTRAGEOUS INJUSTICES IN RHINEBECK, NY
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2026/05/public-notice-commentary-to-rhinebeck.html
RHINEBECK
SLUMLORD VIOLATIONS: THE LATEST OUTRAGE
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2025/03/rhinebeck-slumlord-violations-latest.html
SLUMLORD
OF RHINEBECK PROPERTY LEAVES TENANTS WITHOUT WATER IN BRUTALLY COLD
TEMPERATURES
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2025/01/slumlord-of-rhinebeck-property-leaves.html
QUIET
ENJOYMENT OF RENTAL PROPERTY DENIED & TENANT BARBARA HARTWELL
TARGETED FOR HARASSMENT BY GREEDY SLUMLORD
http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2024/03/quiet-enjoyment-of-rental-property.html
INVASIONS OF
PRIVACY, HARASSMENT & THREATS AGAINST TENANT BARBARA HARTWELL ON
RHINEBECK PROPERTY OWNED BY SLUMLORD
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/10/invasions-of-privacy-harassment-threats.html
FORMAL
COMPLAINT TO DOG CONTROL AGAINST IRRESPONSIBLE DOG OWNER TRACY
KRAWITT
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2025/11/formal-complaint-to-dog-control-against.html
PUBLIC
NOTICE & UPDATES- Latest Offenses of Criminal Perp Tracy Krawitt,
the Neighbor from Hell: Endangering Animals, Pedestrians &
Drivers, Violating Leash Laws
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2025/11/public-notice-updates-latest-offenses.html
CONTINUED
HARASSMENT, SLANDER, FALSE COMPLAINTS & INVASIONS OF PRIVACY ON
RHINEBECK PROPERTY BY UNSCRUPULOUS TENANT TRACY KRAWITT
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/08/additional-harassment-slander-false.html
MULTIPLE
OFFENDER, HABITUAL LIAR TRACY KRAWITT MAKES ADDITIONAL FALSE
ACCUSATIONS, SLANDERS BARBARA HARTWELL IN REPORT TO LANDLORD ON
RENTAL PROPERTY
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/02/multiple-offender-habitual-liar-tracy.html
HELLISH
HOWLING & HARASSMENT: Brought to My Neighborhood by Scofflaw,
Liar Tracy Krawitt & Associates
http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/02/hellish-howling-harassment-brought-to.html
FORMAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST TENANT TRACY KRAWITT TO LANDLORD OF RHINEBECK
PROPERTY
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2023/02/formal-complaint-against-tenant-tracy.html
Tracy
Krawitt, Irresponsible Owner of Howling Dog, Causes Constant Noise
Disturbance on Rhinebeck Property
http://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2022/04/tracy-krawitt-irresponsible-owner-of.html
Tracy
Krawitt (aka SPACEY TRACY), the Neighbor from Hell: FORMAL COMPLAINT
TO POLICE & COMMENTARY
https://barbarahartwellvscia.blogspot.com/2020/01/tracy-krawitt-aka-spacey-tracy-neighbor.html
