{"id":39572,"date":"2026-02-10T15:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=39572"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:27:38","slug":"mamdani-administration-announces-stricter-enforcement-for-citys-250-most-distressed-apartment-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/39572","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani administration announces stricter enforcement for City\u2019s 250 most distressed apartment buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Dina Levy released an updated list of the 250 buildings with the most severe housing code violations citywide, placing them under heightened oversight through the Alternative Enforcement Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AEP, now in its 19th\u00a0year, allows the city to closely\u00a0monitor\u00a0repeat offenders, conduct more frequent inspections, issue Orders to Correct and step in directly to make repairs when owners\u00a0fail to\u00a0do so, billing landlords for the cost.<\/p>\n

The 250 buildings selected this year account for\u00a0nearly 55,000\u00a0open violations and owe the city\u00a0nearly $4.5 million\u00a0for emergency repairs already performed.<\/p>\n

The updated AEP list builds on the Mamdani administration\u2019s commitment to ensuring every New Yorker has a safe, stable, and well-maintained home.<\/p>\n

Last month, HPD announced a $2.1 million settlement with A&E Real Estate Holdings covering 14 buildings \u2013 the largest ever won by HPD\u2019s Anti-Harassment Unit \u2013 requiring extensive repairs, compliance with Orders to Correct and injunctions barring tenant harassment.<\/p>\n

During the ongoing cold emergency, HPD has also treated this winter conditions as an all-hands-on-deck effort, maximizing staffing to respond to approximately 37,000 complaints in January and closing 98% of them as of Feb. 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our first month in office,\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0been clear: New York will no longer look the other way while bad landlords put tenants at risk. The Alternative Enforcement Program gives us the power to closely\u00a0monitor\u00a0repeat offenders and step in to fix conditions when landlords refuse to do their jobs,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll use every tool we have to protect New Yorkers\u2019 homes and make safe, dignified housing non-negotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this update to the Alternative Enforcement Program, we will be able to take decisive action to ensure that repairs are made in the buildings where they are most needed.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0grateful to the HPD team for their ongoing work to protect tenants and ensure homes are safe and livable,\u201d said\u00a0Leila\u00a0Bozorg, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery New Yorker deserves a safe and well-maintained place to rest, raise their family, and sleep at night. The updated AEP round is an important milestone as the city stands shoulder to shoulder with tenants to deliver high quality, affordable homes,\u201d said\u00a0Cea Weaver, Director of the Mayor\u2019s Office to Protect Tenants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration will not back away from protecting tenants or enforcing the Housing Maintenance Code. Today, we are naming the 250 buildings entering HPD\u2019s Alternative Enforcement Program. When landlords refuse to do their job, the city will intervene, advances critical repairs, and recover costs from owners,\u201d said\u00a0Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Dina Levy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make it abundantly clear: landlords who repeatedly fail their tenants will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 250 buildings selected for this year\u2019s AEP list include 7,038 homes and account for 54,909 open housing code violations, reflecting widespread and persistent disrepair. The building with the most open \u201cB\u201d and \u201cC\u201d violations issued over the past five years \u2013 more than 1,000 of the most serious violations \u2013 is 34-15 Parsons Blvd., registered to an LLC within the A&E Real Estate Holdings portfolio.<\/p>\n

Building owners on this year\u2019s AEP round owe the city\u00a0nearly $4.5 million\u00a0for\u00a0failing to correct\u00a0critical violations, triggering emergency interventions by HPD. Additionally, HPD\u2019s Housing Litigation Division is a party to action against the owners of 138 buildings in housing court to force compliance.<\/p>\n

About the Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AEP program targets buildings with serious, unresolved violations that\u00a0indicate\u00a0landlords are\u00a0failing to maintain\u00a0basic living conditions. Each year, HPD\u00a0designates\u00a0a new round of buildings for AEP based on excessive housing code violations which directly\u00a0impact\u00a0tenants\u2019 well-being, and landlords\u00a0are required to\u00a0repay the city for any emergency repairs HPD completes.<\/p>\n

Building owners can be discharged from AEP within months if they quickly resolve violations and settle outstanding emergency repair charges or enter a payment agreement with the\u00a0City. If an owner\u00a0fails to\u00a0comply, HPD may escalate enforcement by taking legal action in Housing Court. HPD monitors buildings discharged from AEP for at least one year to ensure conditions\u00a0remain\u00a0stable, and re-selection for future AEP rounds can trigger immediate enforcement measures.<\/p>\n

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NEWYORK: New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Dina Levy released an updated list of the 250 buildings with the most severe housing code violations citywide, placing them under heightened oversight through the Alternative Enforcement Program. AEP, now in its 19th\u00a0year, allows the city to closely\u00a0monitor\u00a0repeat offenders, conduct […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39573,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39572\/revisions\/39573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}