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Father Demands Accountability After Baby Killed by Faulty Radiator in NYC Apartment

Landlord Faces Six Violations as City Councilwoman Proposes Radiator Maintenance Legislation

  • 11-month-old Binyomin Zachariah Kuravsky was killed when steam leaked from a faulty radiator in his family's apartment in Brooklyn.
  • Father, Alexander Kuravsky, is demanding accountability and urgent reform to prevent similar tragedies.
  • The New York City Department of Buildings has issued six violations against the landlord, Ruvin Itskovich, for failure to maintain the building's radiators.
  • A hearing is scheduled for March 27, where the case will be presented to an Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings judge.
  • City Councilwoman Farah Louis plans to sponsor legislation requiring the city to create a policy regarding maintenance and inspection of radiators.
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