A landlord jailed last year for housing violations was fined $1.4 million yesterday for not living up to an agreement to make progress on repairing a Brooklyn building.New York Times By WOLFGANG SAXON Published: May 12, 1987
LANDLORD THREATS CAUSE FOR LEGAL PROBLEMS
The New York based landlord, Selvin Gabriel was accused of threatening his tenants with a gun in order to scare them into moving. The results of a police raid on his home found no gun or any record of a gun. "They (police) even searched through my childrens toy box," said Gabriel. The police found no such gun or record of a gun. It was suspected that the tenants had falsely made the allegation against their landlord in order to try to delay the eviction process. The owner of the property, Maria Fabozzi, spent every penny out of her savings to defend Gabriel. Finally after more than a dozen court attempts to clear his name, 10 months later Gabriel was cleared of the allegations; although he was still ordered to attend anger management courses. The tenants could face jail time for making the false allegations. It is assumed the District Attorneys office will not persue the tenants role in the crime.
PROPERTY MANGER CONVICTED OF JAIL TIME FOR INFANT’S DEATH
The property manager of Bridge Street apartment building where Sunday Abek, a 2-year-old refugee from the Sudan died in 2000 after ingesting large amounts of lead paint chips was sentenced to 15 months in jail and a $40,000 fine for his part in the death. Manager James T. Aneckstein, failed to provide the EPA lead disclosure booklet to Sunday’s mother and then covered it up. The Landlord, Juliet Ermitano is also being cited by the Environmental Protection Agency for $92,800 for failing to disclose the dangers of lead based paint. Federal law requires landlords to give a brochure to all tenants who live in suspect buildings and to have them sign that they received the information
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