FRAUD FOR YEARS.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO
SAY CLAIM THE TRIAL IS A
WITCH-HUNT. >>> WE ARE ENDING THE END OF
2023, AND GENTLEMANJANANI HAS RE
HIS LIST OF BAD RENTAL MANAGER.
>> Reporter: THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE
WHEN HE RELEASES THE LIST AND
THERE’S LANDLORDS ON IT, HE
ACKNOWLEDGES IT’S MEANT TO EMBARRASS THEM OR IRRITATE THEM,
BUT VERY OFTEN, IT DOES NOT
COMPEL THEM TO MAKE REPAIRS.
THIS BUILDING HERE ON WEST 47th,
THE TENANTS HAVE GOTTEN CONTROL
OF THEIR BUILDING AND STARTING TO MAKE THEIR OWN REPAIRS.
INTENANT JOHN REED TOLD JAMANI
WILLIAMS --
>> IT LEAKED DOWN AND FLOODED
THE BOILER.
>> Reporter: NOW LOOK AT THE
INSIDE OF JOHN’S APARTMENT,
CRUMBLING CONDITIONS, AND JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THOUSANDS OF
UNADDRESSED PROBLEM.
>> 3,293 OPEN HPD VIOLATIONS, MOST IN THE LIST HISTORY.
>> WILLIAMS RELEASED HIS ANNUAL
LIST OF THE WORTH LANDLORDS
TODAY.
DANIEL OSHELOM, ALONG WITH HIS
MANAGING AGENT, JONATHAN SANTANA, ATOP THE LIST FOR A
SECOND STRAIGHT REAR.
15 BUILDINGS, HUNDREDS OF
APARTMENT AND THOUSANDS OF VIOLATIONS.
>> ROTENED INFESTATIONS, AND
COLLAPSING STRUCTURE.
>> Reporter: WILLIAMS SAYS HIS
LIST TAKES ON ADDED URGENCY THIS
WEEK.
>> THE BUILDING COLLAPSE IN THE BRONX IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
LONG-STANDING LANDLORD
NEGLIGENCE.
RECORDS SHOW ROTH PORTFOLIO IS
AFFILIATED WITH JACOB ZANGER WHO
RANKS NUMBER 50 ON THIS YEAR’S
LIST.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 150
PEOPLE DISPLACED IN THAT
COLLAPSE.
NEWS 4 REACHED OUT TO THE
OWNERS, WITH NO ONE RETURNING OUR CALLS.
HERE AT 4 SO WEST 46th STREET,
WE REPEATEDLY TRIED REACHING
SANTANA AND OCHELON, AND NEITHER RETURNED OUR CALLS.
REED WALKED US UP FIVE FLIGHTS
TO THE ROOF, WHERE THE CITY MADE
EMERGENCY REPAIRS, SINCE THE
LANDLORD HAD SEEMINGLY IGNORED
COMPLAINTS.
>> THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE
ROOF UNTIL HAD THE PD DID IT
RECENTLY. >> THE BAT LANDLORDS LIST IS
BASED ON PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA
ON THE CITY’S HOUSING
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY WEBSITE.
THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE SAYS HIS
GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY RAISE THE
FINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR
THESE LANDLORDS. THAT MIGHT COMPEL THEM TO MAKE