Landlords tied to deadly Inwood fire amassed 1,300 violations across city
The owners of the Upper Manhattan apartment building where three tenants died in a fire last week racked up more than 1,300 open housing violations across their New York portfolio, raising new scrutiny over the city’s enforcement of repeat-offender landlords. An investigation by The City found landlords Jack Bick, Chaim Schweid and affiliated entities tied to 207 Dyckman Street accumulated 1,343 open violations at 10 buildings across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, including 406 classified as “immediately hazardous.” The tally includes fire safety issues involving non-functioning self-closing apartment doors, the same condition inspectors cited at the Inwood property just days before […]
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