New York’s “worst landlord” pays the piper in $235K city settlement
For New York City’s so-called worst landlord, the rent has come due. In a settlement with the Department of...
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Former “worst landlord” sued for wage theft on his birthday
Ved Parkash has ticked most of the boxes on the bad-landlord bingo card. He took the top spot on...
Notorious Brooklyn landlord locked out tenant, trashed his possessions: suit
Yechiel Weinberger took third-place on the public advocate’s ranking of New York City’s worst landlords in 2015. This year,...
Three landlords slapped with six-figure fines for carving up buildings
Three landlords trying to pack people into residences like sardines were hit with big fines by New York City’s...
Crown Heights renters protest New York’s “worst landlord”
More than a dozen residents of a four-story building in Crown Heights are protesting New York’s so-called worst landlord...
Landlord featured in REBNY campaign deregulated units, had cooking gas shut down for nearly 2 years
For nearly two years, tenants at 940 Amsterdam Avenue didn’t have cooking gas. Blaine Morris, a Columbia student, lived at the building from August...
Tenants sue infamous landlord for overseeing “reign of terror” at South Bronx building
A landlord is subjecting his tenants in a South Bronx building to a “reign of terror” through harassment and...
Jumaane Williams pledges to name-and-shame the “worst landlords.” But he’ll reward others for good behavior
Newly elected Public Advocate Jumaane Williams stopped by The Real Deal’s office on Wednesday to discuss what he hopes to achieve in his latest...
Here’s how de Blasio will “take” buildings from bad landlords
When Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that he would “take” buildings from landlords who threaten the well-being of...
De Blasio creates new tenant protection office, says city will seize buildings from “the worst landlords”
In his sixth annual State of the City speech, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday morning exclaimed that the city would seize the buildings...