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‘Three-quarter house’ operator Yury Baumblit driving us out of Bed-Stuy building, tenants charge

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:48:25 +0000

An operator of transitional housing facilities for former addicts, ex-convicts and the homeless is harassing tenants of a Bedford-Stuyvesant building despite a court order, tenants charge.

Yury Baumblit’s tactics over the past month have included threats of eviction to residents of 85 Kingston Ave.

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Tenants at Mount Eden building in Bronx sue landlord, protest lack of cooking gas before Christmas

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:14:25 +0000

Tenants at a Bronx apartment building that had no cooking gas for Thanksgiving and will have none for Christmas are suing the landlord they call “The Grinch.”

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Absentee slumlord in the Bronx forced to cede control of Fordham building in big victory for tenants

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:23:40 +0000

Tenants in a battle with their perpetually absent landlord claimed victory on Wednesday when a judge ruled that a housing advocate take over the slum.

“We feel good,” said 4619 Park Ave. resident Jose Benitez with a smile across his face.

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Bigwigs join rent-control tenants against eviction-happy landlords

admin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:24:22 +0000

It’s been one year since David Robards lost his job. And if the landlord of his Chelsea apartment has his way, Robards will be losing his home, too.

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NYC renters, landlord seek accord over rent fight

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:21:00 +0000

Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tenants in a vast New York City apartment complex and owner Tishman Speyer on Friday said they had opened talks to settle a rent clash, one day before a planned rally against the landlord.

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NYC renters, landlord seek accord over rent fight