Overview
- The agreement covers 14 buildings in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, affecting about 750 tenants.
- A&E must correct more than 4,000 building-code violations, pay $2.1 million in civil penalties, and comply with court injunctions barring tenant harassment.
- HPD says the outcome is the Anti-Harassment Unit’s largest settlement to date after sustained enforcement, with officials pledging additional court measures if compliance falters.
- City data show 220 open violations at the Jackson Heights building that hosted the announcement, and a separate La Mesa Verde tenant lawsuit against A&E remains active.
- A&E described the resolution as a partnership with the city and said it is already executing an agreed repair plan across the affected properties.