Sunday, February 08, 2009

Rochester Landlord Accused Of Stiffing City, Tenants

In Rochester, New York, WHEC-TV Channel 10 reports:
  • The city of Rochester is facing a $32-million dollar shortfall this year but I-Team 10 has discovered one way the city could shave half a million from that number. If one of the landlords in the city would pay his taxes that money could aid the shortfall.

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  • But not only does [the landlord] owe the city money, he owes many of the people who rented from him as well. There are more than a dozen judgments in small claims court, many from former tenants who say he has refused to return their security deposits.

For more, see I-Team 10 investigation: Landlord tardy on taxes and tenants' security deposits.