A&E Real Estate agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle thousands of violations across 14 buildings.  Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the settlement agreement on Friday at one of A&E’s buildings at 35-64 84th Street in Jackson Heights. As part of its agreement with the city, Douglas Eisenberg’s A&E must correct more than 4,000 building code violations across 14 properties, mostly in Queens. The firm will pay $150,000 per building. That amount goes up if the landlord fails to make the payment or harasses any tenants.  “For years, A&E has operated with callous disregard for those residing in its properties,” Mamdani […]

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