Relative of NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ called ‘heartless and inhumane’ by harried tenants in his own building
NY Post
The scion of one of New York’s most notorious slumlord families is being accused of “heartless and inhumane” management by tenants of an Upper West Side apartment building he owns – just days after a member of the family was indicted over allegations of vile tenant harassment.
Residents of 515 Cathedral Parkway believe landlord Fred Ohebshalom has negligently let the building fall into dangerous disrepair, and even tried to drive out longtime regulated tenants so he can hike rent and cash in.
“I don’t know where to begin,” said Roger Rubin, 56, longtime tenant of over 30 years, as he tried to recall all he’s seen since Ohebshalom bought the building about two decades ago.
“They’ve run off a lot of people,” Rubin told The Post.
Some recent problems, tenants said, included severe flooding that trashed numerous apartments in December, the 12-story building’s elevator being regularly broken for eight months, and a 15-month stretch when the gas didn’t work in half the building and residents were left to cook with camp stoves purchased on their own dime.
“He made it very clear he could give less of a crap about us,” said a lifelong resident who asked to remain anonymous over fears of retribution from management, which he alleged used “scare tactics” to intimidate tenants.
