NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Tenants and elected officials rallied outside Riverside Buildings in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday to demand that the buildings’ owner, the Pinnacle Group, address what they described as chronic neglect and harassment meant to force rent-stabilized tenants out.
“We have dealt with repeated rat infestations, and we are currently suffering from rat mites, which cause allergic reactions,” said Jean Campbell, who has lived at Riverside since 1973. “The exterior brickwork is crumbling, with loose areas at ground level where rodents can enter. Living on the ground floor, I have routinely had buckets and tarps ready to catch water runoff from leaking pipes in the apartments above.”
Another woman said that her daughter started naming the mice that populated their unit. “That’s not OK, she should’t have to get used to having mice in the house,” she said. “The solution I was given? Get a cat.”…