This article is a lot of horseshit. Baruch Singer's reputation for being a slumlord is well-earned. I've seen this firsthand. It takes forever to get the most basic repairs completed. His staff from the top-down is incompetent. Mary, who one of the prior posters refers to, is particularly unhelpful. I also went without heat and hot water for five days thanks to his 'efficient management.' This heat and hot water issues persisted for several years.

It's true that he likes to meet all his tenants personally. I think this is more a form of intimidation than anything else. Perhaps he's checking to make sure his tenants aren't black or Hispanic?

Once the building was sold, the management improved significantly.