Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Year : 1, Issue : 18
Mayor Eric Adams faces potential fines for failing to register his Brooklyn rental property with the city’s housing agency last year — the latest in a string of violations at the building, according to public records.
Under city law, landlords must file registration statements with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development once a year spelling out details about properties where they charge rent from tenants. The requirement is meant to make it easier for the agency to keep tabs on rental properties and ensure they’re in good condition and in compliance with all applicable laws.
Yet, Adams was hit this past Nov. 21 with a violation for failing to submit a registration form for his rowhouse on Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which contains multiple units he’s renting out to tenants, Housing Preservation and Development records show. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development is charged with maintaining the city’s affordable housing stock.
The violation, which remains open, states Adams’ previous registration on the property expired Sept. 1, meaning the building has as of this week sat unregistered for more than four months.
Landlords who fail to register their buildings on time can face fines of between $250-$500 per violation, per city law.
A City Hall spokesman didn’t immediately return a request for comment from the Daily News on Tuesday on whether a fine has been imposed on Adams. HPD did not immediately return a request for comment, either.
November’s registration snafu isn’t the first time Adams has faced registration issues at his Bed-Stuy digs.
As first reported by The News, the Lafayette Avenue building went without Housing Preservation and Development registration status for 12 years — from 2009 until 2021.
