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New York City
fromBrooklyn Eagle
9 hours ago

Brownsville tenants report weeks without heat, hot water at Atlantic Avenue building

Tenants at 2342 Atlantic Ave. in Brownsville lack heat and hot water for weeks, facing violations, infestations, broken pipes, and rising electric bills.
New York City
fromBrownstoner
6 days ago

Public Advocate Unveils 2025 Worst Landlord Watchlist

Two landlords, Margaret Brunn and Donald Hastings, account for nearly 9,000 open housing violations across 60 properties, topping the Worst Landlord Watchlist.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week ago

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams unveils the 2025 Worst Landlord Watchlist * Brooklyn Paper

NYC Public Advocate named landlords responsible for nearly 9,000 unresolved housing violations causing infestations, mold, heat outages, broken elevators, and unsafe conditions.
fromCity Limits
1 week ago

Judge Approves Sale of More Than 5,000 Rent-stabilized Apartments in Pinnacle Portfolio

A troubled portfolio of over 5,000 rent stabilized apartments will be sold to a new private landlord, a bankruptcy court judge ruled Friday afternoon after lawyers for the Mamdani administration, the New York Attorney General, and organized tenants had intervened to try and stop it. Residents of the 90-plus building portfolio owned by Pinnacle Group had been pushing a judge to delay Pinnacle's bankruptcy sale and give the city a chance to vet the buyer and put together a competing offer.
Real estate
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San Francisco
fromMission Local
1 month ago

After years of alleged neglect, their Mission building caught fire. Will suing help them return?

Long-term San Francisco tenants were displaced after repeated code violations and two fires rendered their building uninhabitable; tenants sued the landlord for repairs and compensation.
New York City
fromCity Limits
2 months ago

Pinnacle Tenants Demand City Intervene to Save Their Homes, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Tenants demand city-managed transfer or tenant-controlled ownership for 93 neglected, rent-stabilized Pinnacle buildings facing bankruptcy auction.
fromCity Limits
3 months ago

'No Heat' Complaints in NYC Apartments Hit New Highs Last Year. Here's How to Get Help

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) responded to a record 161,773 unique heat and hot water problems in the 12 months that ended last June, according to the Mayor's Management Report released in mid-September. Heat and hot water violations were up 12 percent over the previous fiscal year, and 60 percent since 2016. Other housing code problems went up just 2 percent last fiscal year.
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