Here’s a guy who’s running for the NYS Senate on the Republican ticket. And he’s a bum! He owns NYC buildings he allows to rot. “City officials have gone to court at least five times since 1998 to address ‘nuisance’ issues in Manhattan buildings owned by Bob Cohen…<\/p>\n
“Tenants in some of his 29 buildings also complain of mice, roaches and a state of disrepair.” (I hope the tenants know about Housing Court, where they can turn the bedeviling tables on their landlord.)<\/p>\n
Oh, and then there’s the gambling dens, and related NYPD investigations “resulting in numerous arrests between 2008 and 2010.”<\/p>\n
This bum, though, lives in a particularly wealthy area of Westchester.<\/p>\n
“The city has issued a myriad of complaints and violations against his buildings\u00a0\u2014 though not serious enough to land him on the city public advocate’s slumlord watch list.”<\/p>\n
Well, he’s on mine. (And P.S. you’re not voting for him, right?)<\/p>\n
Another great Daily News headline (piece is by Kenneth Lovett): State Senate candidate Bob Cohen has\u00a0\u2018slum\u2019\u00a0nerve, say his tenants – NY Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a guy who’s running for the NYS Senate on the Republican ticket. And he’s a bum! He owns NYC buildings he allows to rot. “City officials have gone to court at least five times since 1998 to address ‘nuisance’ … Continue reading