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10 Worst Landlords Have Racked Up Over 12,000 Violations: Public Advocate

By Anton K. Nilsson | November 23, 2015 5:42pm | Updated on November 24, 2015 7:35pm
 At a rally at Manhattan's Foley Square, Public Advocate Letitia James presented the 2015 list of the city's worst landlords.
At a rally at Manhattan's Foley Square, Public Advocate Letitia James presented the 2015 list of the city's worst landlords.
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NEW YORK CITY — If you're considering signing a new lease in the city, make sure your future landlord isn't on this list.

For the sixth year in a row, the office of the Public Advocate has compiled a list of the city's worst landlords.

Most of the the buildings owned by the 3,393 bad landlords on the new list released Monday are in Brooklyn, the data shows.

Landlord Ved Parkash, head officer of Parkash 2675 LLC, which maintains 7,200 units in 11 buildings in the Bronx, topped this year's list.

Parkash has amassed 2,235 violations from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and 134 Department of Buildings complaints, according to the Worst Landlords Watchlist.

Together, the 10 worst landlords in the city have racked up 12,602 HPD violations, in addition to 515 complaints with the DOB, the data shows.

Among them, the top 10 slumlords are responsible for the upkeep of almost 48,000 units in 103 buildings.

"Unfortunately, unscrupulous landlords throughout our city are failing to uphold basic rights," said Public Advocate Letitia James in a press release.

"Every New Yorker deserves to live in safety and security, and every apartment needs to meet basic standards of decency," the Public Advocate said.

Last year's No. 1 slumlord, Robin Shimoff, has disappeared from the list altogether, but the Public Advocate's office would not say why.