{"id":520624,"date":"2022-12-03T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jumaane-williams-nyc-home-entering-final-stages-of-foreclosure\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:11:08","slug":"jumaane-williams-nyc-home-entering-final-stages-of-foreclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jumaane-williams-nyc-home-entering-final-stages-of-foreclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jumaane Williams&#8217; NYC home entering final stages of foreclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f6cc3c444\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22f6cc3c444\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jumaane-williams-nyc-home-entering-final-stages-of-foreclosure\/#%E2%80%9CJumaane_Williams_NYC_home_entering_final_stages_of_foreclosure%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jumaane Williams&#8217; NYC home entering final stages of foreclosure&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJumaane_Williams_NYC_home_entering_final_stages_of_foreclosure%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jumaane Williams&#8217; NYC home entering final stages of foreclosure&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Bank of America is demanding a Brooklyn judge force Public Advocate Jumaane Williams to pay up on the more than $600,000 he owes on a Brooklyn rental property, or put the property on the auction block, according to the latest filings in a years-long foreclosure battle.<\/p>\n<p>After years of court delays during the pandemic, the case came roaring back to life this month after Williams\u2019 creditor filed a flurry of new motions. <\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 multi-family Canarsie home has been in foreclosure since 2014 and Bank of America is seeking $622,545 in principal and interest payments, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=E\/LME2V96FYd2pBjxqCSTg==\">court papers show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=s5DCQ7yDZTUl9eaMtOxqGg==\">A Dec. 15 hearing<\/a> in Brooklyn Supreme Court has been scheduled where the bank is expected to demand a \u201cjudgment of foreclosure and sale\u201d to finally put the matter to rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case has been going on for a long time with or without COVID. This case is at its end. This motion is going to be granted and it\u2019s going to be ready for auction,\u201d Adam Leitman Bailey, a high-powered city real estate attorney told The Post \u2014 said the home could hit the block as early as February. Leitman Bailey is not involved in the case. <\/p>\n<p>Williams \u2014 a Democrat who is supposed to be the people\u2019s watchdog as a public advocate \u2014 has also shirked other fees on the property. A water bill \u2014\u00a0which The Post reported in 2020 was $1,194.53 \u2014\u00a0has since ballooned to more than $10,000, the latest city data indicates. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A picture of a house at 1392 East 98th St. in Canarsie, Brooklyn.\" class=\"wp-image-24885997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A Dec. 15 hearing in Brooklyn Supreme Court has been scheduled where Bank of America is expected to demand a \u201cjudgment of foreclosure and sale.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For years, the Public Advocate has also failed to register the address with the city\u2019s Department of Housing Preservation and Development \u2014\u00a0racking up multiple violations. Building owners with one or two units must register annually with HDP if neither the owner nor any family members live there. Former Mayor de Blasio was busted for the same thing in 2013. <\/p>\n<p>Williams has owned the property since 2005 when he purchased it for $370,500 and took out a $296,400 mortgage, records show. He previously lived at the address before he was an elected official. <\/p>\n<p>The infamously run-down property has been rented on and off over the years but still netted him at least $28,800 in rental income between 2017 and 2021, according to public disclosures.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-5.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"A picture of Jumaane Williams.\" class=\"wp-image-24886003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Jumanne Williams has also shirked other fees on the property. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Post found a tenant currently living on the property, suggesting Williams will squeeze even more cash from the doomed domicile before the bank claws it back. The tenant who declined to give her name said Williams was a good landlord.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is making as much money as possible until his luck runs out,\u201d said Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, who once worked as a professional tenant advocate, has styled himself as a champion of tenant\u2019s rights and a scourge of scofflaw landlords. His office regularly publishes a name and shame list of the city\u2019s worst landlords, but his own renters in the past have condemned him as a slumlord. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"1392 East 98th St. in Canarsie, Brooklyn.\" class=\"wp-image-24886006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jumaane-williams-home-entering-final-stages-forclosure-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>For years, the Public Advocate has also failed to register the address with the city\u2019s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Daniel William McKnight<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe was an a\u2013hole. He was never there. He just come to collect the rent and that\u2019s it,\u201d Andre Thompson, who lived in the house from 2009 to 2012, previously told The Post. \u201cIf it breaks, you gotta fix it. He won\u2019t come or send no one.\u201d Thompson said the situation ultimately got so bad, he stopped paying rent, forcing Williams to\u00a0initiate eviction proceedings\u00a0in December 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Advocate himself doesn\u2019t live anywhere near his Canarsie property but has taken up residence with his lobbyist wife and stepdaughter in a townhouse at the Fort Hamilton US Army Garrison on the other side of the borough in Bay Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs The Post is well aware, these issues are related to a property that has long been tied up in foreclosure proceedings. 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