The city’s housing department has secured an arrest warrant for a landlord who has repeatedly landed on lists of the five boroughs’ worst landlords, the agency said Monday.

Daniel Ohebshalom has failed to address hundreds of violations at two buildings at 705 and 709 W. 170th St. in Washington Heights, including 700 open violations, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development said in a news release. 

What You Need To Know

  • The city’s housing department has secured an arrest warrant for a landlord who has repeatedly landed on lists of the five boroughs’ worst landlords

  • Daniel Ohebshalom has failed to address hundreds of violations at two buildings at 705 and 709 W. 170th St. in Washington Heights, including 700 open violations

  • The agency says Ohebshalom neglected serious issues that put residents’ health and safety at risk

  • Conditions at the buildings include “visible peeling lead paint, roach and mice infestations, inadequate electricity supply and mold"

The agency says Ohebshalom neglected serious issues that put residents’ health and safety at risk. Conditions at the buildings include “visible peeling lead paint, roach and mice infestations, inadequate electricity supply and mold,” the release said.

A court held Ohebshalom in civil contempt for the “dangerous conditions” last January, but he “continued to defy court orders” for more than a year, the release added.

“I want to be crystal clear. If you create unsafe, unhealthy, and unlivable conditions, we will hold you accountable. Let this be a message to all landlords that HPD will make certain the law is enforced to protect every New Yorker from dangerous housing conditions,” HPD Commissioner Adolfo Carrión Jr said in a statement. “We will use every resource available to ensure every New Yorker understands that they have a right to live in a safe and healthy home, and we’ve got their back.”

The warrant orders Ohebshalom to be detained in civil jail for up to 60 days, until he complies with the court’s order to address conditions and correct the violations at the two buildings, HPD said.

The agency added that it is also looking into taking action against him for negligent conditions at a number of other properties.

An attorney who has previously represented Ohebshalom didn’t immediately respond to request for comment Monday.

In his own statement, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams called Ohebshalom “an example, not an outlier.”

“Hopefully, today’s escalation is a sign of a renewed commitment by the city to holding bad actors accountable, and a signal to the worst landlords around our city that severe negligence will lead to severe consequences,” Williams said. “We can’t stop at one building or owner. We need to change the systems that have permitted putting profit over people for too long.”