NYC asks judge to order house arrest for ‘worst landlord’ in one of his own buildings
A jailed Manhattan landlord could soon move off Rikers Island and be forced to live in one of his own crumbling apartment buildings.
Lawyers from the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development are asking a judge to either extend the current two-month jail sentence for landlord Daniel Ohebshalom or order a more unique form of house arrest, according to court filings.In a motion filed on Friday, HPD attorney Michael Paul Gdanski said Ohebshalom and his associates began making some fixes at the apartments but still hadn't corrected nearly 400 open violations at 705-709 West 170th St. in Washington Heights.
He said Ohebshalom owns at least nine properties in New York City, including some with vacant apartments where he could easily move in after his release from Rikers. The house arrest “would ensure that there is a responsible person with decision-making authority … present at the buildings to direct and arrange for repairs,” Gdanski added.in which a judge sentences a negligent landlord played by Joe Pesci to live in his own building while making needed repairs.
“We were totally neglected and the money was being taken out of our bank accounts automatically for rent,” retired teacher Loyda IrizarryIrizarry said she has lived in a third-floor apartment at 709 West 170th St. for more than two decades. She shared photos depicting walls with missing chunks and a ceiling that collapsed onto a child’s bed.
Ohebshalom turned himself in to the city sheriff to begin his jail term late last month. Another detainee punched Ohebshalom in the face in a holding cell just hours after his arrival, his lawyers wrote in a court filing. He was transported to Bellevue Hospital for treatment for a broken eye socket before returning to Rikers.“It is apparent that Rikers is an unreasonably dangerous setting for , where he remains at high risk for additional physical assault, or worse,” they wrote.
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