According to the attorney general’s office, Croman is still facing a civil suit for tenant harassment.
Schneiderman proposes new legislation to protect rent regulated tenants
Earlier this year, Schneiderman proposed a new legislation for the protection of rent regulated tenants. Under the bill, the most corrupt landlords in New York City will be criminally liable for harassing a rent regulated tenant.
Currently, the state law requires prosecutors to reach a high bar in order to criminally charge landlords with that crime. That is the reason no single landlord was convicted for crime of harassment of a rent regulated tenant over the past 20 years.
