Lilmor Management and its owner, Morris Lieberman, admitted in their agreement with the state and feds that they violated housing laws related to lead, mold and maintenance codes and that they openly deceived tenants regarding conditions in the more than 2,500 rent-stabilized apartments across the 49 buildings in their portfolio.
“Lilmor Management rented out apartments in hazardous condition to unsuspecting tenants, putting thousands of people in harm’s way,” state Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
“The consent decree we filed today, if [accepted] by the Court, would provide the most extensive relief ever achieved in a case of this kind, including requiring the defendants to make 2,500 apartments safe and sanitary and to pay $6.5 million, including nearly $3 million in restitution to impacted tenants,” Williams said in a statement.
That work would be overseen by an independent housing specialist picked by both federal and state officials, according to court filings.
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