KCP Exclusive: City Breaks Its Own Housing Laws

KCP Exclusive: City Breaks Its Own Housing Laws

The city admitted Friday it was guilty of violating its own illegal housing conversion law in housing homeless people in a Bedford-Stuyvesant four-story walk-up approved for 14-units of housing illegally converted into a 43-unit single room occupancy (SRO) building. According to city records, Monroe Lewis LLC acquired the 529 Monroe Street building in May 2016 for $1.7 million, and between […]

Strict Illegal Home Conversions May Add to the City’s Homeless Problem

Strict Illegal Home Conversions May Add to the City’s Homeless Problem

Thousands of city tenants can be forced out of their homes with no long-term housing alternatives as the city cracks down on landlords who violate New York City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) construction guidelines. Landlords who illegally convert buildings to create additional housing without obtaining permits from DOB now face huge fines. The health and fire risks associated with such […]