Sunday, December 25, 2016
'Hasidic Jewish landlord trying to rid Brooklyn apartment building of Latino tenants,' lawsuit alleges
Longtime Latino residents of South Williamsburg claim their Hasidic landlord is trying to harass them out of their apartment building — and out of their once diverse neighborhood.
Cindy Sanchez, Sara Oyola and Kathleen Santiago are now the only Latino residents in their Lee Avenue building, on their block, “and beyond,” they claim.
The rent-stabilized residents are suing landlord Naftali Steinmetz in Brooklyn federal court, saying their apartments are dangerously rundown.
Steinmetz has made their lives “unpleasant and untenable — the ultimate goal being to rid the building of all non-Hasidic Jewish tenants,” they charge.
Lee Avenue was once a melting pot, but over the years the neighborhood has become the heart of Hasidic Williamsburg.
Sanchez, Oyola and Santiago say they are shunned by their newer neighbors.
Steinmetz bought their building in 2006. Ever since, its Latino tenants have endured “years of neglect, fights in Brooklyn Housing Court for repairs, and incessant harassment to take buyout offers,” the suit says.
The three plaintiffs say they endured two winters without heat and their floors are warped and “visibly dangerous.”
Steinmetz didn’t return messages.
http://nypost.com/2016/12/25/landlord-trying-to-rid-the-building-of-latino-residents-suit/
Cindy Sanchez, Sara Oyola and Kathleen Santiago are now the only Latino residents in their Lee Avenue building, on their block, “and beyond,” they claim.
The rent-stabilized residents are suing landlord Naftali Steinmetz in Brooklyn federal court, saying their apartments are dangerously rundown.
Steinmetz has made their lives “unpleasant and untenable — the ultimate goal being to rid the building of all non-Hasidic Jewish tenants,” they charge.
Lee Avenue was once a melting pot, but over the years the neighborhood has become the heart of Hasidic Williamsburg.
Sanchez, Oyola and Santiago say they are shunned by their newer neighbors.
Steinmetz bought their building in 2006. Ever since, its Latino tenants have endured “years of neglect, fights in Brooklyn Housing Court for repairs, and incessant harassment to take buyout offers,” the suit says.
The three plaintiffs say they endured two winters without heat and their floors are warped and “visibly dangerous.”
Steinmetz didn’t return messages.
http://nypost.com/2016/12/25/landlord-trying-to-rid-the-building-of-latino-residents-suit/
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