The city of New York on Tuesday sued a pair of Brooklyn landlords accused of harassing and evicting tenants amid the coronavirus pandemic in violation of a series of laws, according to court documents.
New York Attorney General Letitia James also has an open investigation into the defendants, Gennaro Brooks-Church and Loretta Gendville, whose conduct over the summer sparked protests and, eventually, a profile in New York Magazine headlined "The Eco–Yogi Slumlords of Brooklyn."
The Crown Heights row house owned by Brooks-Church and Gendville is legally a single-family residence, assistant corporation counsel Sherief Gaber wrote in the complaint, but the duo rented out rooms individually, as if the house were an SRO.
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Jane Wester
Jane Wester is a litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal. Email her at [email protected] or find her on Twitter @janewester.
