Nigerian owner of collapsed NYC building named on worst landlords list

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Olufemi Falade, the Nigerian-born owner of a collapsed NYC building that killed eight, has appeared on the city’s worst landlords list six times. Read More:…

A Nigerian-born landlord in the United States, Olufemi Falade, reportedly owes more than $450,000 in fines, unpaid taxes and water bills, and has appeared on New York City’s Worst Landlord Watchlist six different times in the last decade.

According to a statement issued by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Saturday, Falade is the registered head officer of 1321 Flatbush Avenue, the Brooklyn apartment building that collapsed on Wednesday, killing eight people.

Falade was also sentenced to 12 days in jail in 2006 and fined $50,000 for civil contempt after failing to address more than 1,800 violations, including vermin infestations, exposed wires and leaking pipes, at 12 Brooklyn buildings he owned at the time.

PUNCH Online had earlier reported that the three-storey apartment building located in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn collapsed at about 4 pm on Wednesday, November 11, plunging into an adjoining construction site where excavation work was underw

In a statement issued by the New York City Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams, on Saturday, and sighted by PUNCH Online, Falade has appeared on the Public Advocate’s annual list six times in the last 10 years, most recently in 2024.

The statement noted that the Nigerian-born landlord first appeared on the list in 2017, ranking 93rd. Subsequent times, he appeared again in 2019, ranked 66th; 2020, ranked 50th; 2021, ranked 68th; 2022, ranked 100th; and 2024, ranked 95th.

“The landlord of 1321 Flatbush Avenue, the building which collapsed Wednesday in a tragedy that has killed eight New Yorkers, made several appearances on the annual Worst Landlord Watchlist over the last decade, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams announced today.

“Olufemi Falade, registered with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) as the head officer for the property, has appeared on the Public Advocate’s annual list six times in the last decade, most recently in 2024.

“Past rankings have included: 2024…

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