Oh, you know how Bushwick is so cool and hot at the same time that it regularly gets mentioned at all sorts of lists like the recent Vogue’s list of the coolest neighborhoods in the world? So today Bushwick made another list — albeit a less flattering one — 2015 Worst Landlord List.
The list of 100 worst landlords in the city is part of the The Worst Landlord Watchlist, released today from the initiative of Public Advocate Letitia James. The Watchlist is an online information sharing tool and a map, which lists the most notorious NYC landlords. Listed are buildings and property owners that consistently flout the City’s laws intended to protect the rights and safety of tenants. The Watchlists incorporates and evaluates data obtained from Department of Buildings (DOB) and data from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). For a building to be included on the Watchlist, it must be a rental building and have a certain minimum threshold of open violations or open complaints per unit (such as at least three violations or open complaints per unit in a building of 35 units or less).
