Posted on 03/24/2024 10:00:08 AM PDT by Morgana
A man infamous for being one New York City's worst landlords was punched in the face shortly after beginning his 60-day sentence at Rikers Island.
Daniel Ohebshalom, known as a 'slumlord,' for forcing his tenants to live in appalling squalor, was hospitalized after the attack and might have broken facial bones.
The assault happened in the intake area of the Eric M. Taylor Center around 12:15 p.m. on Friday.
On the previous day, Ohebshalom had turned himself in to authorities after they had issued a warrant for his arrest.
Ohebshalom had reportedly failed to perform hundreds of court-mandated repairs on his Manhattan properties.
After years of vainly trying to slap the slumlord with fines, the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development decided to ratchet up the pressure and secured an arrest warrant for Ohebshalom.
The warrant said that Ohebshalom and 'his buildings have repeatedly appeared on lists of the worst landlords in New York City.'
The warrant continued that the 'violations cited in the arrest warrant are extensive and include serious, immediately hazardous conditions that threaten not only the residents’ quality of life but their health and safety.'
The squalid conditions included 'visible peeling lead paint, roach and mice infestations, inadequate electricity supply, and mold.'
Officials hoped to use Ohebshalom as an example, a way to warn other callous landlords that their nefarious business practices won't go unpunished.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“The squalid conditions included ‘visible peeling lead paint, roach and mice infestations, inadequate electricity supply, and mold.’”
Sounds like a lot of NYCity anyway.
Isn’t that the one the white, Democrat female mayor of Chicago moved into? I wonder if she’s still there?
Rent control in action.
ha! Yes. I think she only lasted a few weeks.
“Cabrini-Green in Chicago was infamously bad, probably the worst of all.”
Robert Taylor Homes has entered the chat.
I doubt the renters work too hard to keep the apartments up.
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