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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jmhollen who wrote (91051)	9/15/2010 12:24:29 PM
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'Slum' suit vs. landlord Rauf By TOM TOPOUSIS September 15, 2010 nypost.com The religious leader behind the proposed mosque near Ground Zero has been slapped with a lawsuit in Union City, NJ, where officials have accused him of ignoring dozens of violations at two rundown apartment buildings he owns. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's buildings, with a total of 48 apartments, have been the targets of more than 30 health and safety complaints, among them mold, uncollected garbage, bedbugs, odors, dirty hallways and a lack of heat, the lawsuit says. One of the buildings has been boarded up by Rauf since a blaze on Feb. 8, 2008, that broke out after Union City had issued a dozen fire-code violations there. "He's a terrible landlord who's unresponsive to the residents who live in his building," Mark Albiez, a spokesman for Union City Mayor Brian Stack, told The Star-Ledger of New Jersey, which first reported the lawsuit. The Post last month interviewed tenants at Rauf's buildings on Central Avenue in Union City, and heard complaints about rundown conditions. "Nothing gets done. We have to go through City Hall to get things done," said tenant Jamie Barillas. An e-mail seeking comment from Rauf through his Cordoba Initiative was not returned yesterday.