Alleged drug dealer squats in NYC home after tenant ODs
A suspected drug dealer took over a Queens apartment after its owner died of a drug overdose, then stayed there for months, trafficking drugs from there, according to neighbors and police. Joseph Pisano, 53, is accused of breaking into the Jamaica Estates home of Anneliese King, a retired office worker, after the two met at […]
Alarming video captures NYC building super kick tenant, beat him with wrench
A Manhattan building manager has been arrested after being caught on shocking video violently kicking and punching a resident down a two-story staircase, authorities said. According to the criminal complaint, Nick Valentin, 45, was seen kicking a 26-year-old tenant down the stairs at about 8 a.m. Saturday in a building on 112th Street near Third […]
Park Avenue office tower lures another tenant amid major upgrades
Park Avenue’s rental boom shows no signs of slowing. In the latest big deal, Tradeweb Markets signed for two floors, 76,000 square feet at 245 Park in SL Green. The company, which operates an electronic platform for interest rates, credit, equity and financial markets, is relocating from 1177 Sixth Avenue in Silverstein. Asking rents at […]
NYC Neighbors Claim Tenant Runs Around Naked, Gives Children Nightmares
A Queens man is driving his neighbors crazy with fear with his behavior inside his apartment, residents and court documents allege. Alexander Rice, 48, is accused of running naked through the hallways of the building at 23-35 Broadway, yelling into a megaphone and denting walls with a hammer. New York Post report Saturday. image show […]
NYC tenant Alexandre Lais makes life living hell for neighbors by running naked through hall, bashing walls with hammer
A Queens man is making life hell for his neighbors in an Astoria building by running naked through the hallways, yelling into a megaphone, banging on walls with a hammer and giving children nightmares, according to terrified residents and court records. According to court documents, Alexander Rice’s insane, two-year reign of terror at 23-35 Broadway […]
Empire State Building filling up to the brim with addition of latest tenant
The Empire State Building has come a long way since the days when King Kong’s favorite skyscraper was primarily the offices of a shoe wholesaler and a dental practice. This great landmark has evolved into a financial and media mecca since Empire State Realty Trust acquired it in 2006 and launched a $550 million capital […]
My tenant isn’t vaccinated for COVID, what do I do?
Dear Abby: A few months ago I let the 49 year old son of a close friend live in my basement. “Jason” pays the rent and utilities. My husband told me last week he wasn’t getting the COVID vaccine. He had been drinking at the time. I told Jason he needed to get vaccinated or […]
Apartment Tenant Takes Alleged Intruder’s Gun, Kills Him With It
On Wednesday, a resident of an apartment building in the Houston suburb of Alief wrestled a gun from a suspected intruder and then used it to shoot and kill the intruder. KIAH Houston report The resident was shot by the alleged intruder, but then managed to wrestle the suspect’s gun away and shoot the intruder […]
Tenant rights organizer sees opportunity amid housing crunch
As economic power concentrates in the housing market amid the highest inflation in 40 years, one tenant rights activist sees an opportunity to pursue fundamental changes in the way America approaches affordable housing. . Tara Raghuveer, founder of Kansas City’s influential Tenants Union and organizer of the National Federation of Tenants Unions, is leveraging the […]
NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ indicted for tenant harassment weeks after being jailed over building violations
The Big Apple’s so-called “worst landlord,” Daniel Ohebsiaolum, has been indicted on charges that he harassed rent-regulated tenants, forced them out of their apartments with “uninhabitable” conditions, and then sold the building to make money. announced by the prosecutor’s office. Mr. Ohebsiaolum’s latest legal troubles come just a month after he was locked up for […]