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Flatbush Tenants Decry Building’s Neglect, Call to Pass ‘Opportunity to Purchase’ Act

The residents of 120 East 19th St. in Flatbush, Brooklyn say that they get trapped in their malfunctioning elevator so often that the fire department knows them on a first name basis.

The residents of 120 East 19th St. in Flatbush, Brooklyn say that they get trapped in their malfunctioning elevator so often that the fire department knows them on a first name basis.

That’s just one of a myriad of repairs and substandard conditions that tenants have been asking their landlord to address. On Monday, the building’s residents joined with legislators and housing advocates outside their building to voice their concerns as part of a push to pass a new tenants rights law in Albany.

Half of the units in the building have been without gas since late February with no communication from the landlord about when they can expect service to be restored, the tenants say.




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