Unstable Elderly Neighbor- What Should I Do?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I moved into a new apartment in mid February and started hearing my next door neighbor scream at the top of his lungs things like “stop hurting me” “haven’t you tortured me enough” “why are you punishing me” among other very distressing things. Sometimes it will go on for 30-40 minutes and other times it will be short bursts. However, no one is inside the apartment with him. On one instance, he was so aggravated that he pounded on my door and my boyfriend had to tell him to go back in his house while he shouted that his apartment was a crime scene. Building management was notified and they notified his landlord as well but no one seems to be doing anything about his instability. For reference I’m a 25F and I live alone so it is quite scary that I never know what he will do. I am very concerned for his well being because he will scream all hours of the morning and he does not have any visitors, caretakers, or family from what I’ve seen in the last two months. There is a foul odor in the hallway that may be coming from his apartment as well. The super told me that the last tenant complained that he shouted a lot as well so this has been going on for years, but it seems like no one cares and just lets him shout and bang? I’m not sure what to do here as I don’t know him or his name and management hasn’t taken any proactive steps to helping him or monitoring the situation for the other tenants. What should I do? </p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jcolecuts"> /u/Jcolecuts </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/1sy2wl4/unstable_elderly_neighbor_what_should_i_do/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/comments/1sy2wl4/unstable_elderly_neighbor_what_should_i_do/">[comments]</a></span>