NYC launches program to crack down on problem landlords

For months, Anna Giannicchi’s bathroom ceiling rained water. A light in her ceiling also stopped working. Her neighbors’ toilets flood “all the time” and others’ entire floors flood. Stoves do not work. There’s broken tiles. The stairwells are dirty and the lights sometimes do not work — and, Giannicchi said, “We all have roaches.”Giannicchi lives in a Washington Heights apartment building managed by A&E Real Estate, a massive company who