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When Linda Rosario (at left) and her 6-year-old son moved into a ground-floor apartment at 295 Stanhope Street, Brooklyn, in the mid-1980s, the four-story, tan brick building already had a Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) 7A administrator — a sure sign of a building in trouble. New York City generally appoints a 7A administrator after a building owner has failed to correct conditions dangerous to life, health or safety or in response to a petition from at least a third of the tenants.
>As you may be aware, the HPD Commissioner issued a letter on October 4th, 2010 which set forth HPD’s position on several issues related to the operation of HDFCs (see enclosed “HPD HDFC Letter”). This letter caused a great deal of confusion within the legal community which compelled our office, along with a small group of attorneys, to meet with HPD to confirm and clarify their position.