The City of Syracuse announced Skyline Apartments failed inspection for the third time on Monday. Code Enforcement declared the common areas of the property unfit.
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Tenants of the Skyline Apartment Complex are suing the property s management company for breaking a basic agreement in their lease: a providing a safe, habitable space.
The tenants are represented by Staff Attorney Joe Maslak at Legal Services of Central New York.
In New York, every lease between a landlord and tenant includes a promise of warranty of habitability, a promise by the landlord that they will maintain the property in safe, clean, habitable condition. Our position is they breached that, they broke that promise.
He says the office was contacted by well over 20 residents in recent months complaining that Green Skyline Apartments, LLC was not addressing broken elevators, human waste and used syringes in hallways and stairwells, and trespassers freely entering the 365-unit building.
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Walsh seeks neighbors’ testimony as city preps for nuisance hearing with Skyline owners
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Syracuse, N.Y. Mayor Ben Walsh is inviting neighbors and community members impacted by the conditions at the Skyline Apartments to detail their complaints at a public hearing next week.
City officials will hold a nuisance abatement hearing Monday morning with Green Skyline Apartments LLC, the company that owns the 12-story building at 753 James St. That company is owned by Tim and Troy Green.
“Input from the public is an important part of this process. It will help ensure the property owner is held accountable and that conditions at the property are improved,” Walsh said.
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Syracuse, N.Y. City code inspectors have been at the Skyline Apartment building every day for the last three weeks.
They’ve found ongoing violations and a sluggish pace on promised repairs, despite a crush of attention and enforcement meant to compel the owners to clean the place up.
Code Enforcement Director Jake DiShaw said the elevators still aren’t all working, contrary to assurances from owners that they would be fixed. And there are still 18 unresolved code violations at the building.