The judge said he was issuing a new arrest for landlord Daniel Ohebshalom, who served 60 days for contempt of court earlier this year.
A Manhattan judge said Monday he will issue a new arrest warrant for a notorious New York City landlord for failing to make hundreds of court-ordered repairs at two crumbling apartment buildings he owns in Washington Heights.
“Work is being done every single day,” Mironenko said. “Someone’s freedom is at stake, someone who has already served 60 days in jail.” Stoller had issued an arrest warrant for Ohebshalom last month but said he would not order the city sheriff’s office to enforce it until Monday’s hearing, giving the landlord and his associates time to make more repairs.
“Tenants in 705 don’t have hot water as of today,” said Manhattan Legal Services lawyer Ashley Viruet, who represents the tenants. “It’s a continual slap of paint, a continual filing of papers that don’t change our clients’ lives.”Michael Paul Gdanski, a lawyer for the city, said the jail sentence ordered by the judge earlier this year seemed to motivate Ohebshalom to make actual upgrades at the pair of properties.
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