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Brooklyn Landlord Convicted of Unlawful Eviction Charges

The Attorney General charged that almost immediately after buying the building, “Melamed embarked on a campaign to rid it of rent stabilized tenants by cutting essential services such as heat, performing illegal construction and failing to contain and clean toxic lead dust.”

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on June 21, 2017

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

NEW YORK CITY—Crown Heights landlord Daniel Melamed has been found guilty on three counts of unlawful eviction and faces up to a year in prison.

The guilty plea, announced by the New York State Attorney General’s office on Tuesday, was the result of the first arrest stemming from an investigation launched by the AG’s Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force, a collaboration between state and city agencies formed in February 2015. Melamed was arrested in June 2015. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 13th and could face up to one year in jail.

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