Live in 245 Sullivan Place, near Nostrand? You win. I mean you lose.

I have a client who has about 50 violations on one of his buildings. Quite a few date back more than 10 years and the repairs were done long ago because the insurance company made him do it. He just never had the city come out to inspect to take them off the building. So he's lazy and stupid and I'm sure quite a few on the list are just as lazy and stupid so you have to take this list with a grain of salt because there's no statute of limitations on these violations, they'll sit there forever until the city inspects and removes them.

One of the city's main tools is denying new work permits for things like renovations until the safety issues are addressed.

While this is good technique in gaining the attention of a building that has to look good for market rate tenants, it isn't real effective at getting attention of owners of buildings that serve tenants so poor they are basically powerless and captive.

The Post accurately points out that these "worst landlords" survive off payments from tenants on public assistance.

So, while some city agencies condemn and fine the landlords, other agencies pay the landlords because they rely on them to keep people out of shelters.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/18/nycs-worst-landlords-still-get-big-bucks-from-the-city-and-feds/

Surprisingly, the Quality Housing Act (which I referenced in May above), is still alive.

It would give HPD and DOB more authority in instances where the landlord does not make needed repairs. Since this article was written, it has made it out of committee, and is now being considered by the City Council:

http://www.citylandnyc.org/council-committee-hears-testimony-on-quality-housing-act/

This article details just how little HPD and DOB does in cases like these:

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150220/hamilton-heights/city-has-fined-hamilton-heights-worst-landlord-240k-since-1999

Note: HPD and DOB's inaction is caused by many things; They not only need more authority, but more funding.

....they are also often under pressure not to act because doing so would further increase the city's homeless problem.

It is that time of year again:

God news! 245 Sullivan is once again at the top of the worst buildings in NYC. ...kinds makes the list look toothless, doesn't it? https://bklyner.com/brooklyns-worst-landlords-and-buildings-in-2017/

This tenant abuse is terrible. I hope our local officials are leveraging Tish's help. Seems it would be easy to laser focus on this specific property.