A Bronx judge has fined the landlord of a Belmont apartment building $10.14 million in what appears to be one of the largest housing court judgements ever.
The order issued by Judge Diane Lutwak on Wednesday came in a case brought by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development against the owner of a 15-story building on East 188th Street in Belmont. The agency alleged landlord Karan Singh and his associates failed to provide heat on 10 days and hot water on 17 days between 2023 and 2024.
Housing Preservation records show there are currently 539 open violations at the building called the Fordham Towers, including 145 classified as “immediately hazardous.”…