Bushwick residents sue landlord over negligent living conditions
Working-class tenants are taking their landlord to court over uninhabitable living conditions at a four-story building in Bushwick.
Five tenant families at 299 Troutman St. contend that they have been enduring decades of negligent repairs and shoddy building work, including leaky roofs and rotted walls, and now are suing their landlord to force immediate repairs.
Aided by Mobilization for Justice, Inc., the families have filed a complaint in which they ask Brooklyn’s Housing Court to appoint a new administrator to manage their building in an effort to bring their broken-down units up to code and make emergency repairs.