Schenectady landlord group asks city for relief | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY Flustered city landlord Anand Dhanraj says four tenants owe him $26,000 accrued during the past 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’m struggling right now,” said Dhanraj, who owns eight units. “My family is suffering. Every dollar I get I’ve got to put towards the taxes, because I don’t want the city to take my properties.”
Dhanraj, who asked for help from local group Schenectady Landlords Influencing Change, said he’s been cursed at and reported to the police when he tried to collect rents.
“They call my wife a bitch,” he said. “They said we are harassing them for rent; we are not supposed to ask them for rent. The governor told them not to pay rent,” he said with a chuckle. “Right now we can’t even talk to them.”