Quinn suddenly cares about slumlords

From CBS New York:

...fixing the 684 violations at 545, 553, and 557 46th Street is not as simple as tracking down a slumlord.

These buildings were foreclosed on and the mortgage was sold to an investment company.

“You might have thought you could buy a property that you’d flip quickly and make a lot of money,” said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Monday. “But what you bought is a whole lot of misery.”

“You bought the lead paint. You bought the rats. They are yours,” Quinn said.

It’s a situation 100,000 homes have been through, said Quinn.

The city can step in and make the repairs there.

“And then we’re going to take you to court and sue you for the money you owe the city of New York and if you don’t pay it we will take it away from you,” Quinn said.