A couple of weeks after we reported on the sorry state of Michele Zalopany’s apartment – due to leaks that BD wouldn’t repair – progress appears to have been made. In particular, BD is now putting in a new floor in her kitchen. Though we’d like to claim credit for the blog, it had more to do with Michele calling 311 and reporting the problems. The inspector arrived and promptly cited BD with 10 violations for her apartment alone. If you have any of these violations listed, or any other problems that you think might constitute violations (including violations for defective wood flooring, broken ceramic floor tiles, missing smoke detector, missing carbon monoxide detector, defective plastering and paint, and mold) now’s the time to have them addressed.
HPD (Council of Housing Preservation and Development) was very responsive so everyone should call 311 and report problems in their apartment, because that’s the only way to get anything done. Apparently the floor was so bad that the HPD actually levied a fine against BD, prompting them to really push for the floor repairs. As for the leaks, the HPD advised Michele to call them again once it rained and the water was really streaming in. They seem to be listening folks. (You can view the violations by searching the database.) — Ed Hamilton
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