"Three days into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani stopped in the West Bronx to announce a new effort to tackle the city's housing crisis and a new housing commissioner to help lead the work. At a press conference at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. widely regarded as the birthplace of hip-hop Mamdani announced forthcoming Rental Ripoff hearings in each borough within his first 100 days."
"In the 1970s, early hip-hop performances were held in the rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Ave., which was a Mitchell-Lama property providing stable housing for low and moderate-income residents. But as the owners left the program, the building fell into disrepair. Levy was a community organizer who, in 2010, helped Sedgwick Ave. tenants secure a responsible landlord rather than have the property sold to a private equity investor."
Three days into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the West Bronx to announce Rental Ripoff hearings in each borough within his first 100 days and to name Dina Levy as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Levy succeeds interim Commissioner Ahmed Tigani, who moved to the Department of Buildings. 1520 Sedgwick Ave., once a Mitchell-Lama property and the birthplace of early hip-hop performances, has deteriorated after owners left the program. Levy helped tenants secure a responsible landlord in 2010. The aging 102-unit building has 194 open housing-code violations dated as recently as Dec. 31 for plaster, doors, roaches, mold, mice and smoke alarms.
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