What’s it like to be made a monster? Douglas Eisenberg can tell you. The mayor of New York City sticks a podium in your building lobby, riles the crowd about “settlement day” and tells a story.  “When [tenants] hear the words ‘A&E Real Estate,’ they think of mistreatment and neglect, violations and appalling living conditions,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at the Jan. 16 press conference, two weeks into his term. “Thousands of our neighbors live in rent-stabilized units managed by A&E. Thousands of our neighbors contend with daily misery as a result!”  The conclusion: A&E must pay. The penalty is […]

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