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NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ indicted for harassing rent-regulated tenants
The city’s “worst landlord,” Daniel Ohebshalom, was indicted Wednesday for allegedly harassing his rent-regulated tenants living in “horrific conditions,” officials said.
Murder fantasist gets up to life in prison for killing 70-year-old Upper West Side neighbor
A Manhattan woman who fantasized about murdering someone -- and then killed her 70-year-old neighbor -- in a 2018 bloodbath has been sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison, prosecutors announced Thursday.
NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ indicted for tenant harassment weeks after being jailed over building violations
The Big Apple’s so-called “worst landlord” Daniel Ohebshalom has been indicted for allegedly harassing rent-regulated tenants with “unlivable” conditions to drive them out of units so he could sell the buildings to make a buck, prosecutors said.
Hell’s Kitchen Slumlord Indicted for Harassing Rent-Regulated Tenants and Falsifying Ownership Documents
Daniel Ohebshalom, renowned as New York’s worst landlord, has been indicted on charges of harassing rent-regulated tenants in Hell’s Kitchen. Councilmember Erik Bottcher responded to the news, saying: “Slumlords everywhere should take note.”
Jailed Manhattan landlord faces new charges of harassing tenants in decrepit buildings
A Manhattan landlord jailed for repeatedly blowing off court-ordered repairs at a pair of Washington Heights properties now faces a new set of legal problems, after prosecutors charged him on Wednesday with harassing tenants through “dangerous and dilapidated conditions” at five of his apartment buildings.
Manhattan DA announces indictment of landlord accused of harassing rent regulated tenants with ‘horrific’ living conditions to drive them out
Daniel Ohebshalom is accused of creating unlivable conditions for his tenants including no heat or hot water in the winter, front doors without locks and a lack of security measures in his five Manhattan buildings.
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ICYMI: “As alleged, Daniel Ohebshalom took advantage of rent-regulated tenants living in five Manhattan apartment buildings by creating dangerous living conditions in an effort to push them out.” – D.A. Bragg. Learn more about this indictment here:
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