The Big Apple’s so-called “worst landlord” Daniel Ohebshalom has been indicted for allegedly harassing rent-regulated tenants with “unlivable” conditions to drive them out of units so he could sell the buildings to make a buck, prosecutors said.
The latest legal trouble for Ohebshalom came barely a month after he was locked up over hundreds of violations at just two of his Manhattan properties.
He was charged Wednesday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over a pattern of alleged tenant abuse dating back years — which consisted of forgoing maintenance until units fell apart, withholding heat and hot water during the winter and failing to install basic locks on front doors.
Ohebshalom’s goal was to create and use such “horrific living conditions” to compel longtime tenants to move out and then renovate their vacated apartments into multi-bedroom units so he could sell his buildings at a higher price, according to the DA’s office.