New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday announced a settlement with Spigro Management, LLC and its lead property manager Saul Friedman for illegally evicting people from their Brooklyn and Bronx homes by changing the locks on their apartment doors while they were not home.
An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General found Spigro unlawfully evicted individuals living in apartment buildings on at least four occasions. As a result of OAG’s intervention, Spigro will pay statutory and compensatory damages of $1,000 to $1,200 to the four unlawfully evicted victims in addition to $23,500 in penalties.
“Spigro callously violated the trust, safety, and privacy of occupants by illegally changing their locks while they were not home,” James said in a statement. “Attempting to evict people from their homes by sneaking in and changing the locks is as sinister as it is shameful.”…