DOB goes live with ‘bad landlords list’
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has published a new, real-time interactive map showing the location of apartment properties facing restrictions on what construction permits...
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Governor serves up go-to-jail card for New Yorkʼs bad landlords
Landlords accused of harassing tenants out of their homes could face jail time under new legislation just signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo signed legislation...
HPD adds 250 buildings to list of targeted slumlords
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer announced that 250 apartment buildings have been placed in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement...
Croman agrees to pay $8M in restitution for tenant harassment case
After a fraud conviction in October earned him a year on Rikers Island, one of the city’s most notorious landlords has agreed to pay a...
Bad landlords owe city millions in unpaid fines, says comptroller
Tens of millions of dollars in fines from bad landlords go uncollected every year, according to an audit by comptroller Scott Stringer. The Department of...