A New York City landlord named the worst in the city by the Public Advocate’s office is at Rikers after allegedly failing to perform hundreds of court-ordered repairs on some Manhattan properties he owns.
In the two buildings along West 170th Street, the city alleges that Daniel Ohebshalom and his company, Belmont Ventures LLC, have racked up 700 serious violations affecting health and safety of those who live there.
700 serious health and safety violations in just 2 building, holy shit… that’s not negligent, that’s homicidal…
Right? At 700 violations, I’d expect seizures to start happening WAY sooner. I get that’s a lot of paperwork, but at what point do you say “alright clearly you cannot do things properly, so we will take your things and do it for you, nobody has to pay rent until these things are fixed to code. Also the landlord owes us for the fixes.”
NYC is super cozy with corporate landlords because they essentially fund everyone’s political careers. They bully around their tenants knowing 99% of people are too poor to afford representation, but the moment you get a lawyer they fuck off because they know they’re in the wrong.
Something like 80%ish of residential buildings are owned by corporate landlords
700 serious health and safety violations in just 2 building, holy shit… that’s not negligent, that’s homicidal…
At what point does the state confiscate them and auction them off? Give right of refusal to a residents’ coop and shake off the parasite.
Right? At 700 violations, I’d expect seizures to start happening WAY sooner. I get that’s a lot of paperwork, but at what point do you say “alright clearly you cannot do things properly, so we will take your things and do it for you, nobody has to pay rent until these things are fixed to code. Also the landlord owes us for the fixes.”
NYC is super cozy with corporate landlords because they essentially fund everyone’s political careers. They bully around their tenants knowing 99% of people are too poor to afford representation, but the moment you get a lawyer they fuck off because they know they’re in the wrong.
Something like 80%ish of residential buildings are owned by corporate landlords