Big City Bullies

One of the 100 Worst Landlords in NYC, in Kindergarten

It should come as no surprise that more and more landlords are getting aggressive about dumping rent-stabilized tenants from their rent rolls. The latest lawsuit with teeth is hitting Empire Holdings, which owns (among others)

434 Rogers Ave

200 Rogers Ave

229 Rogers Ave

1604 Bedford Ave

1146 President St

Here's what Legal Services is saying:

October 13, 2016, BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Legal Services NYC’s Brooklyn program today filed a lawsuit on behalf of twelve low-income, longtime tenants facing eviction because they cannot afford the exorbitant rent increases that their landlord, Empire Holdings L.P., is illegally demanding from them. The tenants, mostly seniors, are supported by IMPACCT Brooklyn (formerly known as Pratt Area Community Council). 

And Public Advocate Leticia James just came out with her 100 worst landlords list. You can search for you building on her site. I'm going to print all their names below so there's one more place that they might show up on the internet in connection with their miserable loathsomeness.

Rank	Landlord	Buildings	Units	Violations
1	HARRY D SILVERSTEIN	8	575	2082
2	ALLAN GOLDMAN	25	187	1208
3	EFSTATHIOS VALIOTIS	8	237	1141
4	MARTIN KIRZNER	11	280	1059
5	VED PARKASH	4	257	1020
6	MARK SILBER	10	216	1003
7	MICHAEL NIAMONITAKIS	5	225	949
8	FELIX GOMEZ	6	260	942
9	RAWLE ISAACS	4	214	891
10	JOEL KOHN	23	152	856
11	ISKYO ARONOV	16	66	819
12	LARRY HIRSCHFIELD	5	66	798
13	DAVID DAVID	5	272	787
14	BRUCE HALEY	7	153	783
15	ISAAC SCHWARTZ	10	154	778
16	JOSEPH HOFFMAN	1	287	762
17	JONATHAN COHEN	17	144	761
18	JAY MILLER	7	204	739
19	ADAM STRYKER	10	182	724
20	ZEV SALOMON	8	197	717
21	JOEL GOLDSTEIN	11	218	696
22	MARC CHEMTOB	5	169	692
23	MEIR FRIED	19	139	690
24	MARTIN BAUMRIND	12	113	679
25	MARK TRESS	1	20	664
26	YOSEF EMERGI	13	70	652
27	DAVID BARON	4	177	645
28	MOSHE DEUTSCH	15	112	638
29	ELEANOR PATRICK	6	84	635
30	NICK GAZIVODA	5	147	631
31	RICHARD NUSSBAUM	2	116	627
32	NARSINH DESAI	4	202	626
33	RUBIN DUKLER	3	93	584
34	SOLOMON GOTTLIEB	7	145	578
35	AVRAHAM TARSHISH	6	25	576
36	GETZ OBSTFELD	5	163	552
37	NAZILA BARDI	7	42	544
38	SETH A MILLER	2	45	542
39	UZY STEIN	2	49	538
40	RICHARD LIRIANO	3	152	535
41	DOUGLAS ROSENBERG	3	80	533
42	DEODAT LOWTAN	15	85	529
43	THOMAS STEINER	2	145	529
44	JOSEPH TEICHMAN	4	167	526
45	ARI FRIEDMAN	12	62	522
46	STEVEN E BREITMAN	1	72	517
47	JOSEPH COOK	1	24	485
48	ROBERT RAPHAEL	5	134	476
49	JACOB GOLD	4	28	475
50	JASON M GREEN	5	107	475
51	NASIR SASOUNESS	4	60	473
52	ROBERT KASZOVITZ	2	110	462
53	RON NAHUM	6	58	458
54	KAMRAN HAKIM	4	56	455
55	ROBERT VILLATTA	5	148	448
56	ROBERT KAYDANIAN	8	79	444
57	RONALD J SWARTZ	4	120	442
58	CHERYL IGHODARO	12	77	439
59	KOBI ZAMIR	4	165	434
60	BASHKIM CELAJ	3	134	432
61	JAY DEUTCHMAN	2	22	424
62	MORDECHAI G PILLER	6	106	421
63	JOHN K ZI	3	42	418
64	SARUHAN CAPIN	5	41	416
65	JAIR GUTIERREZ	8	64	414
66	ZALMEN WAGSCHAL	9	64	414
67	MOSHE MEHLMAN	2	34	411
68	IRIS NIEVES	1	92	409
69	CHAIM GOLDBERGER	6	41	403
70	ELAINE M GORLECHEN	7	64	402
71	MALINA NEALIS	5	45	400
72	DAVID GREEN	4	107	399
73	HENRY CAMUSO	6	64	396
74	DAVID SIEGEL	3	183	395
75	BARRY HERS	3	144	393
76	JOSEPH JEMAL	6	57	393
77	MICHAEL KHODADADIAN	7	34	393
78	ROBERT FARHADIAN	6	76	388
79	ZAHAVA KADOSH	2	99	388
80	RICHARD LAGANA	5	74	382
81	FELICIA COLON	11	62	381
82	ABE GREEN	7	39	375
83	LAURENCE GLUCK	2	137	375
84	JOEL ROLNITZKY	3	11	370
85	BITA SASSOUNI	7	79	369
86	HILLEL WEINBERGER	7	71	369
87	STEVEN KATZ	6	43	369
88	CHARLES ALPERT	2	79	364
89	ROBERT D GOJCAJ	2	105	364
90	JEAN SAINT-CYR	3	100	360
91	DAVID SUTTON	1	49	359
92	ABE PETERS	3	76	354
93	ALFRED SAYEGH	3	105	353
94	RICH LAUBSCH	1	37	353
95	JASON KORN	3	104	350
96	AMANDA REYES	4	61	346
97	MENDEL GOLD	7	47	344
98	EPHRAIM LANDAU	2	101	339
99	JOSEPH EMILE	3	67	338
100	DAVID BOWEN	8	53	336