Overview
- The agreement covers 14 buildings across Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, orders correction of more than 4,000 code violations, and imposes anti-harassment injunctions.
- Roughly 750 tenants are affected, with officials citing persistent issues such as heat outages, elevator failures and infestations described at the Jackson Heights news conference.
- The city will monitor compliance and may seek additional court orders, penalties or, in extreme cases, remove owners’ control to install responsive management.
- Housing officials say the deal concludes an 18-month enforcement case that began under the prior administration.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani linked the action to a tenant-protection agenda that includes five-borough “rental ripoff” hearings, while A&E says it is already delivering on an agreed repair plan.