Worst landlords in New York sink to new lows on latest watchlist

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Monday, November 23, 2015, 9:56 PM

“Worst landlord” Ved Parkash owns the Bronx building where Henry Ladson lives. City list tabs owners who ignore bad conditions.

Complaints about the city’s worst landlords included everything but the kitchen sink — except for an apartment in Brooklyn where there actually is no sink.

There is also no bathroom sink and, of course, no dishwasher in one Bushwick apartment on Harman St. If the tenant there wants to clean up after a meal, there’s only the bathtub.

Henry Ladson, 63, holds up a can of Raid in his apartment due to an infestation of cockroaches and rats. His landlord is Ved Parkash.

Marcia Cruz, 56, lives in this apartment where the rooms have mold, peeling paint and cracks. The so-called worst landlord is Ved Parkash who owns this and many other buildings in the Bronx on 11/23. She holds up a letter.

Henry Ladson, 63, holds up a can of Raid due to an infestation pests. Marcia Cruz, 56, lives in an apartment where rooms have mold, peeling paint and cracks.The so-called worst landlord, Ved Parkash, owns these and many other buildings in the Bronx.

“Every apartment needs to meet basic standards of decency,” said Public Advocate Letitia James, who toured the sinkless apartment Monday before releasing this year’s “Worst Landlords Watchlist.”

“Unfortunately, unscrupulous landlords throughout our city are failing to uphold these basic rights — creating inhumane living conditions for tenants,” she said.

Ceiling and tub are falling apart and lock is broken in Brooklyn apartment owned by Moshe Pillar, named as among city’s worst landlords.

410 East 17th Street in Brooklyn also owned by Moshe Pillar.

The list, based on housing and buildings department data on code violations and complaints, includes buildings in every corner of the city.

The worst offender, according to the city officials, is Ved Parkash, who rents out 7,200 units in 11 buildings that have 2,235 Housing Department violations and 134 Buildings Department complaints.

The building is located at 308 Harman Street in Brooklyn.

From a building located at 308 Harman Street in Brooklyn.

Handyman Henry Ladson, 63, said he has lived in Parkash’s Gerard Ave. building in the Bronx for seven years — and never had a problem until Parkash took over.

“He doesn’t want to do anything for us,” Ladson said. “He just wants our money. He wants us out so that he can bring new people in and jack up the rent.”

Parkash could not be reached for comment.