New York AG James Sues Newburgh Landlord

NEWBURGH – New York Attorney General Letitia James Monday sued the owners and managers of the Kenney apartment complex in Newburgh, for leaving residents to endure dangerous and decrepit conditions, including a persistent lack of consistent heat and hot water. The Kenney apartments are an affordable housing development in Newburgh, home to over 100 low-income families and seniors. For years, these residents have paid excessive electric bills on top of rent for homes that are frigid in the winter, mold-ridden, and rodent-infested, with unsafe stairways, holes in the floors, and water and sewage leaking through the ceilings. Despite residents making hundreds of calls to management, these dangerous conditions have not been fixed. Attorney General James is seeking court orders requiring the buildings’ owners to repair and resolve all violations, as well as pay restitution for tenants and other financial penalties.

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