Genesis and
city housing officials said many of the building violations already existed when the firm bought the properties from Abyssinian Development Corp..
The figure includes 6,844 apartments in newly constructed buildings, according to
data city housing officials provided to the New York Times.
When Mr. Dinkins called on him to head the commission, Mr. Mollen had months before stepped down as deputy mayor for public safety, after a long public career in which he had been a
top city housing official in the 1960s and a high - ranking state judge in the 1970s and»80s.
Part of a five - building portfolio on the same block, the Kelly Street buildings went into foreclosure in 2010 and became notorious for their rundown conditions, targeted
by city housing officials as among the worst properties in the city.
Several weeks ago,
a city housing official said the «certificate of no harassment» bill was «overly broad, poorly targeted, after - the - fact approach to preventing harassment,» Politico reported.
City housing officials and advocates for the homeless call the new legislation a «game - changer» in the fight to solve one of the -LSB-...]