Tenants of apartments in Bushwick, Brooklyn, said that the owner of the house began to threaten them after they demanded to do a simple repair on the premises.
Rent apartments in this house — from 1100 to 2000 dollars per month. Tenants say that for the same amount they should get at least a serviceable gas and hot water. But when they started to talk about this tenant, she only said, «aren’t You afraid?».
«She said that they will call immigration if we insist on repairs» — told ABC News the resident of the house, Juan Naula. «And I said, I’m not afraid».
According to the representative of public organization Make the Road New York Jenny Stephens-Romero, almost all the tenants have complained about threats, including threats of eviction, calling the police and the immigration service.
«We asked the court to appoint the Manager of this building, which will monitor the progress of the repair,» says Stephens-Romero.
One of the women, Sophia Greene, says that her toilet is not working the drain and within five months the apartment has no hot water. Turning to the mistress of housing, she heard in response: «If you don’t like it, you can move out».
The owner of the house, the journalists could not be reached.
According to the Department of housing, the building is still recorded 99 open violations, imposed fines on 23 thousand dollars. Next week the owner of the building must appear in court.
«It’s not a question of immigration is a human rights issue — that was hot water, heating and so on,» says Juan Naula.
