NYC Landlord Ripoff Watch

Name: NYC Landlord Ripoff Watch
Creator: MetroDeeds
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The Public Advocate list shows last year's worst landlords. We surface their portfolios and new buys the day the deed is filed.

Distress signals from HPD violations, evictions, 311 complaints, and deed records — updated daily so you see trouble before it hits the news.

💀Double Offender — On Worst Landlord list AND top-10% eviction rate citywide

🔍HPD Speculation Watch — On NYC HPD's tenant harassment watchlist

🔴Worst Landlord — On Public Advocate annual watchlist

🐚Shell Cluster — Dense network of LLCs sharing a registered agent address

ⓘ See all 15 flag definitions ▾

⚠️AEP Building — At least one building enrolled in HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program (top 200 most distressed buildings citywide).

⛔Serial Evictor — Eviction rate in top 5% citywide (95th percentile).

📤High Eviction Rate — Eviction rate in top 10% citywide (shown when Serial Evictor flag is absent).

🌡️Chronic Heat Violator — Repeated heat and hot water violations + 311 complaints.

🧪Mold Cluster — High concentration of HPD mold (Class B) violations.

💧Water Supply Violations — Repeated no-water violations.

🛗Elevator Violations — Repeated elevator outage violations or complaints.

🐀Pest Infestation — High concentration of vermin and pest violations.

🏠Rent Stabilized — Portfolio includes rent-stabilized units.

🔒Vacate Order History — One or more buildings vacated by HPD. Adds +3 to distress score.

📈Rapid Acquirer — 3+ property acquisitions in the past 24 months via ACRIS.

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DISTRESS SCORE combines per-building violation severity with portfolio scale and market value. Normalized across all 2,000+ tracked operators.

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Open violations = HPD records with status not "Closed" or "Dismissed". Class C = Immediately Hazardous. Distress score (0–100) = fixed-threshold normalized composite of 8 signals: Class C violations per unit (30%), Class B violations per unit (15%), share of properties with Class C (10%), Worst Landlord flag (10%), marshal eviction executions per unit (15%), heat/hot water 311 complaints per BBL (10%), HPD Speculation Watch (5%), portfolio size log (5%). Post-score: Double Offender adds ×1.25 multiplier; vacate history adds +3; high market value portfolio (≥$10M) adds ×1.15–×1.60. 💀 Double Offender = Worst Landlord list + top-10% eviction rate citywide. 🐚 Shell Cluster = high concentration of residential LLCs at shared registered agent address. Portfolio AV = sum of total assessed values from PLUTO tax lot data. Land AV = land-only assessed portion. Market Value = full market value from DOF RPAD (curmkttot); reflects NYC Finance appraisal, not sale price. NYC assessed values are typically 6% of market value for Class 1 residential. Owner names resolved from HPD registrations. Data cached hourly. Data sourced from NYC Open Data, NYC HPD, NYC ACRIS, and NYC DOF. All rankings, scores, and data are algorithmic and for informational purposes only — they do not constitute legal findings or accusations of wrongdoing. MetroDeeds is not affiliated with any government agency. Terms · Privacy · hello@metrodeeds.com

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We track every deed recorded at ACRIS. When a landlord on this list acquires a new building, you'll know the same day — before any reporter does.