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# No Bad Landlords?
- URL: https://bklyner.com/no-bad-landlords-kensington/
- Published: 2012-07-10T16:16:40.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-01T15:43:30.000Z
- Author: Liena Zagare
- Tags: #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Screen-Shot-2012-07-10-at-1.07.21-PM2.png "kensington landlord list")

Not a single building in Kensington made the DeBlasio’s[ Worst NYC’s landlord list](http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/landlord-watchlist/buildings?neighborhood%5B%5D=89&ref=bklyner.com#map) this year. Not a single building in Borough Park either.

So what differentiates a standard-issue non-responsive landlord from a watch list-level negligent landlord? [According to the site](http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/landlord-watchlist/criteria?ref=bklyner.com):

> For a landlord to be added to the Watch List, they must own a building with fewer than 35 units with an average of at least three open, serious violations (B and C violations) per unit. Larger buildings must have an average of at least two open, serious violations (B and C violations) per unit.

A class B violation is one that’s hazardous, but probably not leading toward imminent doom: inadequate lighting, public doors that don’t automatically close, thriving vermin, etc.

A class C violation is more immediately dangerous: inadequate fire exits, rodents, lead-based paint, lack of heat, hot water, electricity, or gas.