Former Queens DA candidate named on annual worst landlord list
A Queens-based attorney and former candidate for Queens district attorney was named one of New York City’s worst landlords by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams Monday, after a building she owns accumulated more than 400 violations from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development so far this year.
Betty Lugo, a defense attorney and former prosecutor who finished last in June’s Democratic primary for Queens DA, was ranked as the 48th worst landlord on Williams’ watchlist based on complaints reported at a three-unit building she owns in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Lugo is listed as the agent, shareholder and head officer of the LLC that owns the building at 381 Vernon Ave. The property, located near the Bushwick border, has accumulated 429 open HPD violations and five open Department of Buildings violations, according to Williams’ landlord list.