[E. Pluribus Unum]

You think they’re bad now?

Just let the government take them over and run them and see what happens.

[Signalman]

This sounds like a movie I saw a number of years ago with Joe Pesci playing a slumlord who was like this guy. Can’t remember the name of the movie, though.

[lee martell]

Surprisingly, no face pic of the landlord.

[rktman]

“Forcing”?

[yldstrk]

Fix them up by spending thousands of dollars and then what? You couldn’t pay me enough to be a landlord.

[Allegra]

Eddie Murphy had an opinion on this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8PI0zauruk

[logi_cal869]

Hmmmm.

No pic at source of the ‘slumlord’, no imagery in the dm linked video report, no indisputable pic of the con in search results via media outlets.

Odd.

[TalBlack]

If he fixed the apts up what could he rent them for? Is it an open market. Can he sell or is no one stupid enough to take on their inevitable not so silent dictatorial partner NYC/NYS?

[monkeyshine]

Slumlords go to jail. People who chop up a couple of bodies inside the slum walk free.

[imardmd1]

Were the courts forcing any of the slum-dwellers to pay their rent or be vacated? One wonders, because that is the part of the story that shoud be required to publish anything about the issue..

[falcon99]

“The squalid conditions included ‘visible peeling lead paint, roach and mice infestations, inadequate electricity supply, and mold.’”

Sounds like a lot of NYCity anyway.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Rent control in action.