It’s not the worst landlords list. It’s the worst landlords list. What makes this annual hit piece by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams so bad? To begin with, not everyone on the list is a landlord. Some of them are receivers — people appointed by a judge to rescue violation-ridden buildings. People like Joe Cafiero. This is supposed to be a list of villains, but Cafiero is anything but. He arrives at a property with a pile of money from the lender, which is trying to protect its collateral, gets to know the residents and spends what it takes to fix […]

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