“It’s compliance warfare”: Industry slams landlord accountability bills

Two bills from the city’s public advocate would significantly raise the stakes for property owners with housing violations:. The legislation, which was introduced by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams last week and has been in the works since at least January, would raise the penalties for property owners with maintenance deficiencies in their buildings, and put those landlords on a new “watchlist.” . The first bill would mandate that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development

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