A memorial has sprouted for the teen killed by cops in Bushwick. His funeral service is today. [Bushwick Daily]

The rental building on the site of the former Rheingold brewery is halfway there. [Curbed]

The Bushwick Flea is now located at the Morgan L stop. [Bushwick Daily]

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Tenants of two buildings owned by New York Observer honcho Jared Kushner are accusing the real estate tycoon of trying to strong-arm them out of their apartments.
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A protestor outside of the Joneses’ East Third Street building in 2012. (Photo: Laura Edwins for The Local East Village)

Two controversial landlords who paid tenants to leave their rent-regulated apartments in Bushwick have reached a $132,000 settlement, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today.

Between June 2016 and July of this year, Graham Jones and his brother Greg Jones gave buyouts to 33 residents– more than a third of the tenants– of three Bushwick buildings they had recently purchased, at 946 Bushwick Avenue, 920 Bushwick Avenue, and 1075 Greene Avenue. While the buyouts themselves were not illegal, the Joneses failed to provide written notices to the tenants informing them of their rights, including their right to refuse the offer and/or consult a lawyer. The landlords said they were unaware of the law, passed in 2015, that prohibits building owners from offering buyouts without giving tenants written notice– an act that falls under the legal definition of harassment. Among other things, the notice informs tenants that landlords are prohibited from contacting them for 180 days, should the tenant refuse a buyout.

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