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Executive briefing — the parties, proceedings, key dates, and financial impact at a glance.
109 East 9th Streetis a 5-story, 1860s-era SRO in Manhattan’s East Village. In 2021, new owner Michael Geylik purchased the building and resolved decades of inherited violations within months.
After a 4.8-magnitude earthquakein April 2024 exposed severe structural damage, the NYC Department of Buildings ordered emergency repairs. But tenant advocacy groups and elected officials — without investigating the owner’s side — pressured HPD to suspend the Certificate of No Harassment, blocking the very permits needed to comply with DOB’s orders.
The result: the owner is simultaneously ordered to repair the building and blocked from doing so — a regulatory deadlock that persists today across five simultaneous court proceedings.
NYC OATH (Administrative Tribunal) — OATH Index No. 1984/25 — ALJ Christine Stecura (OATH); Asst. Commissioner Martha Ann Weithman (for Commissioner Dina Levy)
Posture: Concluded — six-day trial (May 8–Sep 25, 2025), ALJ Report & Recommendation issued Feb 20, 2026, Final Determination adopted March 9, 2026. CONH rescinded with 3-year bar on new applications. Article 78 appeal status unknown.
NYC Civil Court — Housing Part, County of New York — LT-306109-25 — Judge Adam R. Meyers
Posture: Resolved — Stipulation of Settlement so-ordered Oct 29, 2025. Final judgment of possession entered, warrant of eviction issued. Earliest execution Dec 1, 2025.
NYC Civil Court — Housing Part, County of New York — LT-306106-25 — Judge Tracy Ferdinand
Posture: Active — discovery phase. Motion to dismiss denied Sep 16, 2025; discovery granted. PI report (Exhibit S-39) filed.
NYC Civil Court — Housing Part, County of New York — LT-307504-25 — Hon. Alberto Gonzalez
Posture: Active — discovery granted, 17 open violations, HP court-mandated DOB inspection Nov 6, 2025 found tenant-installed illegal work
NYC Civil Court — Housing Part, County of New York — LT-301837-25
Posture: Resolved — discontinued February 7, 2025. Satisfied through NYC's one-shot emergency assistance program.
NYC Civil Court — Housing Part, County of New York — LT-301839-25
Posture: Resolved — discontinued February 12, 2025. Satisfied. Court papers were produced in HPD discovery for OATH Index No. 1984/25.
NYC Civil Court — Housing Part, County of New York — LT-321176-25
Posture: Active — second non-payment proceeding against Chlapek. Counterclaims filed for overcharge and harassment.
NYC Civil Court — Housing Part, County of Kings — LT-328066-25/KI
Posture: Active — filed by Gartrell’s Brooklyn landlord (119 Freeman Realty Corp); respondent represented by Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP
NYC Criminal Court (New York County) — CR-007659-25NY — Judge Michael Ryan
Posture: Active — temporary order of protection issued; Chlapek ordered to stay away from building and owner
NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal — NV410032B
109E9 LLC purchases building for $3.35M
38 inherited HPD violations closed in 45 days
DOB violations dating to 1998 corrected
Certificate of Occupancy issued
CONH application accepted by HPD
Certificate of No Harassment granted
4.8-magnitude earthquake strikes NYC
DOB Forensic Engineering Unit issues emergency repair orders
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Georgei Salama Yusef
Unit 2A — Former Tenant
Jennifer Akchin, Esq.
TakeRoot Justice — Staff Attorney
Kucker Marino Winiarsky & Bittens, LLP
Attorneys for Respondent (Owner)
Vladimir Favilukis, Esq.
Kucker Marino — Partner (for Respondent)
Joseph Goldsmith, Esq.
Kucker Marino — Attorney for Respondent
Ronit Joseph, Esq.
HPD Attorney — Petitioner
Demetrios Mestousis, Esq.
HPD Attorney — Petitioner
M. David Fonseca, Esq.
Kucker Marino — Partner
John A. Passidomo, Esq.
Kucker Marino — Attorney for Respondent
Zachary D. Carlson, Esq.
Manhattan Legal Services — Attorney for Hicks
Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP
Attorneys for Amy Gartrell (Freeman Proceeding)
Ahmed Tigani
HPD Acting Commissioner
Abimael Sequinot
HPD CONH Supervising Investigator
Christine Stecura
OATH Administrative Law Judge
Dina Levy
HPD Commissioner
Hon. Adam R. Meyers
Housing Court Judge
Hon. Clifton A. Nembhard
Housing Court Judge
Hon. Tracy Ferdinand
Housing Court Judge
Hon. Alberto Gonzalez
Housing Court Judge
Hon. Michael Ryan
Criminal Court Judge
Samuel Del Pilar
HPD Construction Project Manager
Philip Ng
DOB Principal Engineer
Sarah Desmond
DOB Office of the Tenant Advocate — Executive Director
DOB completion deadline passes — repairs still blocked
DOB structural repair permit issued
Three elected officials (Kavanagh, Goldman, Levine) pressure HPD to suspend CONH
HPD suspends CONH — all permits blocked
HP Court-mandated DOB inspection finds illegal tenant work
ALJ Christine Stecura issues Report & Recommendation — finds harassment on most of 13 allegations
Asst. Commissioner Weithman adopts ALJ recommendation — CONH rescinded, 3-year bar imposed through March 2029