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⚠ LIVENYC HPD OPEN VIOLATIONS · UPDATED DAILYSOURCE: NYC OPEN DATA · ACRIS · PUBLIC ADVOCATE WATCHLISTNYCHA WATCH →
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NYC Landlord Ripoff Watch

The Public Advocate list tells you who was bad last year. We tell you what building they bought this morning.

Emerging distress signals updated daily from NYC HPD, DOF, and ACRIS — surfacing bad actors before they make the headlines. Operators ranked by violation severity, not just count.

💀Distress Trifecta — On Worst Landlord list AND top-10% eviction rate AND top-10% Class C per unit
🔍HPD Speculation Watch — On NYC HPD's tenant harassment watchlist
🔴Worst Landlord — On Public Advocate annual watchlist
🐚Shell Cluster — Dense network of LLCs sharing a registered agent address
CLASS C OPEN
57,600
OPEN HPD VIOLATIONS
198,100
OPERATORS TRACKED
50
WORST LANDLORDS
11
💀 Distress Trifecta — 18 operators🔍 HPD Speculation Watch🔴 Worst Landlord🐚 Shell Cluster

DISTRESS SCORE combines per-building violation severity with portfolio scale and market value. Normalized across all 1,200+ tracked operators.

Showing 1–25 of 50 operators
DATA REFRESHED: Apr 9, 02:58 PM ET
#OperatorBoroughPropertiesOpen HPD ViolsFlagsScore ↓Last Acq.Market Value *
1
DONALD HASTINGS
Multi
72 confirmed
~752 est.
28,637C:7,867B:15,870
💀🔴⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪💧🛗🐀📈
99
Feb 3, 2026
$3.1B
2
MARGARET BRUNN
Multi
102 confirmed
~778 est.
25,214C:6,870B:14,089
💀🔴🔍⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪💧🛗🐀📈
99
Feb 3, 2026
$4.2B
3
RICK GROPPER
Multi
59 confirmed
~745 est.
13,927C:4,050B:7,565
💀🔴⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪💧🛗🐀📈
99
Feb 3, 2026
$2.3B
5
PETER FINE
BX
61 confirmed
~109 est.
10,698C:3,128B:6,192
💀🔴⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪💧🛗🐀
99
Dec 19, 20251435 UNIVERSITY AV…
$436.3M
9
HENG LY
BX
109 confirmed
7,279C:1,793B:4,197
💀🔴⚠️🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀
99
Jun 25, 2021220 EAST 197 STREE…
$209.7M
10
JOSEPH ZITOLO
MNBXBK
182 confirmed
~195 est.
6,762C:1,651B:3,873
💀🔴⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀📈
99
Mar 31, 20252201 DAVIDSON AVEN…
$403.4M
13
DAVID TENNENBAUM
Multi
78 confirmed
~79 est.
5,345C:1,982B:2,577
💀🔴🔍⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪🐀
99
Jul 1, 2025
$216.9M
14
ANTHONY GAZIVODA
BX
45 confirmed
~81 est.
5,081C:1,827B:2,495
💀🔴🔍⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪💧🐀📈
99
Sep 29, 20252965 EAST 196 STRE…
$178.4M
15
MARK FURMAN
MN
40 confirmed
~624 est.
4,837C:1,340B:2,666
💀🔴🐚🏠🔒⛔🌡️🧪🐀📈
99
Feb 3, 2026
$1.4B
21
JOSEPH PISTILLI
Multi
23 confirmed
4,229C:1,231B:2,238
💀🔴⚠️🏠🌡️🧪💧🐀
99
Feb 11, 20202815 BEVERLEY ROAD
$91.5M
22
IAN LAGOWITZ
MNBXBK
25 confirmed
~68 est.
4,196C:1,342B:2,178
💀🔴🔍⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀📈
99
Jan 2, 202651 HAMILTON PLACE
$152.6M
6
MALCOLM PUNTER
MN
43 confirmed
~83 est.
8,819C:2,273B:4,952
⚠️🐚🏠🌡️🧪💧🐀
98
Aug 30, 202450 WEST 131ST STRE…
$189.7M
8
JAY NEWHOUSE
Multi
66 confirmed
~260 est.
7,354C:1,930B:4,163
🔍🐚🏠🔒⛔🌡️🧪🛗🐀📈
98
Sep 4, 2025790 EAST 152 STREE…
$588.0M
11
MARK ENGEL
MNBXBK
89 confirmed
6,598C:2,260B:3,273
🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀
98
Jun 29, 20232450 DAVIDSON AVEN…
$176.9M
16
JONATHAN SAMET
MNBXBK
34 confirmed
~104 est.
4,837C:1,499B:2,509
🔍⚠️🐚🏠⛔🌡️🧪🐀
98
Nov 18, 20242518 BRONX PARK EA…
$274.9M
20
MATTHEW LAWRENCE
BX
21 confirmed
~166 est.
4,321C:1,540B:2,109
⚠️🐚🏠🔒⛔🌡️🧪🛗🐀📈
98
Oct 23, 2024280 EAST 161 STREE…
$693.5M
25
YECHIEL WEINBERGER
BX
59 confirmed
~62 est.
4,098C:1,461B:1,964
🔍⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀
98
Feb 22, 20241158 BOYNTON AVENU…
$176.3M
19
MICHAEL NIAMONITAKIS
BK
91 confirmed
~102 est.
4,378C:1,447B:2,130
🔍⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪💧🐀📈
94
Dec 30, 2025929 71 STREET
$245.3M
4
SALVATORE DAVOLA
Multi
72 confirmed
10,796C:3,133B:5,851
⚠️🏠🔒🌡️🧪🐀📈
88
Dec 24, 20252323 NEWKIRK AVENU…
$121.9M
12
MARY COLEMAN
BX
26 confirmed
5,600C:1,946B:2,794
⚠️🏠🔒🌡️🧪💧🐀
83
—$45.8M
23
STANLEY CELIUS
BK
61 confirmed
4,177C:928B:2,442
⚠️🏠🌡️🧪🐀
82
Jun 30, 2022308 WEST 151 STREE…
$89.2M
24
JOSHUA GOTLIB
MN
72 confirmed
~156 est.
4,171C:1,482B:1,951
⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀📈
80
Nov 19, 202518-70 TROUTMAN STR…
$1.4B
17
MICHELINE HANKS-BUSH
MN
36 confirmed
4,768C:810B:2,660
🏠
73
—$75.7M
18
ILSOO KIM
Multi
122 confirmed
~163 est.
4,596C:1,506B:2,365
⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀
62
Feb 7, 20251925 HARRISON AVEN…
$826.2M
7
HERMINIO TORRES
Multi
205 confirmed
~795 est.
7,382C:2,304B:3,554
⚠️🐚🏠🔒🌡️🧪🛗🐀📈
40
Feb 3, 2026
$3.3B
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Open violations = HPD records with status not "Closed" or "Dismissed". Class C = Immediately Hazardous. Distress score (0–100) = p99-cap normalized composite of 8 signals: Class C violations per unit (30%), Class B violations per unit (15%), share of properties with Class C (10%), Worst Landlord flag (10%), marshal eviction executions per unit (15%), heat/hot water 311 complaints per BBL (10%), HPD Speculation Watch (5%), portfolio size log (5%). Post-score: Distress Trifecta adds ×1.25 multiplier; vacate history adds +3; high market value portfolio (≥$10M) adds ×1.15–×1.35. 💀 Distress Trifecta = Worst Landlord list + top-10% eviction rate citywide + top-10% Class C violations per unit. 🐚 Shell Cluster = high concentration of residential LLCs at shared registered agent address. Portfolio AV = sum of total assessed values from PLUTO tax lot data. Land AV = land-only assessed portion. Market Value = full market value from DOF RPAD (curmkttot); reflects NYC Finance appraisal, not sale price. NYC assessed values are typically 6% of market value for Class 1 residential. Owner names resolved from HPD registrations. Data cached hourly.
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