Multiple reports indicate tenants in a Bronx building are complaining about poor living conditions including mold, rats, and heat and hot water outages. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development cited 561 open violations associated with the property, with 206 being 'Class C' violations, which are considered immediately hazardous. A tenant named Cora Robinson has been battling a rat infestation in her Bronx apartment for nearly a year.
Cora Robinson described struggling with the infestation, saying it affects her daily life and she wishes officials would witness the conditions. Cora Robinson has filed multiple complaints with the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Another tenant, Sherene Morris, reported living with rats and a broken fridge, and said the landlord refused to respond to her requests for help.
I thought it would keep them from running around the baseboard, but now what they are doing - they're so big, they jump over it.
Sherene Morris described reaching out to the landlord multiple times with no response. Over 30 tenants sued Asden Management in 2023, alleging unlivable conditions including rat infestations, mold, and leaks. A tenant named Tommy Rodriguez was forced to slide down steps during a monthslong elevator outage because he uses a wheelchair.
Tommy Rodriguez described having to slide down the steps due to the outage. A lawyer representing tenants described their demands as simply asking for a decent place to live. Tenants in the Bronx building are having difficulty identifying the actual owner of their building, according to major media reports.
I can't sleep, I'm not eating. And if I don't stop this, I'm going to wind up in the hospital. I almost wound up there yesterday.
Corporate owners and investor groups in New York City are increasingly shielding their identities behind limited liability companies (LLCs), multiple reports indicate. The practice of shielding ownership behind LLCs is legal but could complicate efforts to hold negligent landlords accountable, sources said. A tenant association organizer described the difficulty of obtaining ownership information and compared getting help with urgent maintenance issues to waiting for Christmas in July.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched 'rental rip-off hearings' for tenants to air complaints directly to housing officials, according to major media reports. The specific actions Mamdani plans to take based on these complaints remain unclear, as do the measures city agencies like the Department of Housing Preservation and Development are implementing to address the high number of violations. The current status of the 2023 lawsuit against Asden Management is unknown, including any recent developments or settlements.
I'm tired of cleaning poop off the stove. I mean, it's terrible. If you turn the oven on, it smells like them.
It is also uncertain how widespread the practice of landlords shielding identities behind LLCs is in New York City and what its estimated impact on tenant rights might be. The exact ownership of the Bronx building mentioned by The Independent remains difficult for tenants to identify, raising questions about accountability in the housing market.
All these people need to come and take a look and smell. That's what I wish they would do.
I'm just done. I'm so disgusted because it's not right that I should have to live like this.