He did not respond to a phone call seeking comment. Silverstein was ranked New York City’s worst private landlord last year. Combined, those buildings - including a property on 59th Street in Woodside in Queens - account for 1,144 HPD violations and 24 DOB violations. Jason Korn has not provided that and so that’s what this is about, doing the best we can to shame the landlord into doing the work they’re supposed to be doing,” Williams said.Įric Silverstein, number three on the list, owns four buildings on the public advocate’s watchlist. “The fact of the matter is, in exchange for rent … you have to have a unit that is safe for human beings to live in. Korn did not respond to a phone call seeking comment on his continued inclusion on the list of New York City slumlords. “It’s like we are nobody in here,” she said. The building has 337 HPD violations, according to Williams’ list.Īdams said she frequently finds mice droppings, and one rodent recently crawled on her as she napped. “When you call they office they say, ‘Oh, we’re going to try to do our best,’ like we are begging them,” she said. in Brooklyn on his tour of the worst landlords in the city. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams stood with tenants of 250 E 29th St. In January her bathroom ceiling collapsed from water damage and the heat is frequently shut off, she said. in Brooklyn Monday, resident Megan Adams, 65, said she’s been living under horrendous conditions for about 16 years. Korn, last year’s ninth worst landlord, owns buildings in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, Midwood and elsewhere.ĭuring a tour of Korn’s property at 250 East 29th St. Property owner Jason Korn - who owns 15 buildings citywide, with 2,877 HPD violations - earned the dishonor of being ranked the city’s worst individual slumlord, according to Williams’ list.
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Of the 44 buildings in Brooklyn, nearly half are in zip codes 11221 (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick) and 11226 (Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush).