This issue was recategorized from Other - city responsibility to Private Property Issue.

I posted to Other, because I thought this was something that LCI should be dealing with. In fact, I had spoken to a member of LCI well over a month ago and told that all they could do is fine the absentee landlord $100 a day until the fix the issue. I said "WELL lets do that! Perhaps they will see that it is cheaper to fix the problem." I don't know whether this was done. However since I made THOSE original calls to LCI not only have I seen no new work being down by the landlord, but now the top floor is boarded up making the property look abandoned. Which I felt would now be a police concern. The home looks abandoned after dark. I have asked the renter to contact the landlord and gave her my number to have him call me. He has not done so. Please note. This is NOT MY HOUSE this is across the street. An eyesore and devalues the neighborhood. I feel this should be of interest to LCI and the EDC.

I noticed yesterday that New Haven Department of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs, LCI, and the police were not notified so I clicked on send email anyway. I feel that these departments are vital to the blight issues and that a house that is boarded up looks abandoned. I went back today to see if the emails had been sent, but again those areas are listed as not notified. Isn't blight an issue that the EDC and LCI is interested in to further the economic health of the city, and LCI ... well the name indicates to me that they should take responsibility for blight.

You are correct. LCI does handle issues of blight. LCI monitors the Private Property category on SCF. and since this is a blight issue on private property, the issue was moved there. The Other category is for issues that fall outside of the city's purview.

Thank you for that clarification and action.

Slight correction. Other- City Responsibility is where this issue was first added. This category contains city-related issues that do not fit into any one of the selectable categories.

within 10 days of this reporting and also speaking to 3 different people at LCI, someone came in and captured and took off three squirrels and repaired the broken windows on the third floor porch. No racoons or birds have been removed to my knowledge. The man who took the squirrel away told me the owners are going to tear down the unsightly and dangerous asbestos shingles, plug all holes going allowing vermin to enter the house and then they were going to side the entire structure. I have seen none of these things started.

Today is one day short of one month since my last comment. I am sad to report that this issue has NOT been resolved. I spoke with Raphael Ramos and was told that a warrant had been served on the absentee landlords. That there are 9 violations they have been sited for including, but not limited to health and safety. To my knowledge nothing other than what I reported on 5 20 2015 has been done. I see no workmen, I see no improvements to the exterior and the tenants tell me nothing has changed inside. The neighbor who lives one house to the west, and who for a long time had been hired by the owners to to move the lawn and in winter shovel snow, tells me that the landlords are fighting the warrant in court. This is hearsay, so not gospel. But feel I can believe it. Otherwise why is nothing being done? I had spoken to Mr Ramos about 2 weeks ago and again he told me a warrant had been served. Many months ago I had been told by Laurie Lopez of LCI that they could levy a fee of $100 per day on the landlords until the property was fixed. I would imagine that is what the warrant compels. After that I spoke to Serena Neal-Sanjurjo and she is the one who assigned this case to Mr. Ramos, her Deputy. One of the tenants also called LCI to complain. Again, sorry to say, I see no change except for the worse as the asbestos siding continues to deteriorate and dangle or fall from the building.

I forgot to mention, there had been one change to the outer appearance of the blighted dwelling and that is the boarded up windows had been replaced by new windows. This was done because the third floor tenants were moving out and the landlord needed to attract replacement tenants. About 7-10 days ago someone moved in, but only stayed 3 days. This again was reported to me by tenants and the neighbor to the west of this monstrosity.

Unfortunately LCI has no teeth when it comes to this. Other blighted properties have stayed blighted for years with nothing done. They can says they're levying a fee of $100 but that's different than actually collecting the fee. If the fee becomes high enough the City *could* foreclose on the house but then the City's stuck with it, so it's unlikely they'll do that either. Have you tried contacting the landlord directly? I'm wondering if it's the one I'm thinking of and he's in Stratford.

I support all efforts to make Fair Haven a liveable community, especially in addressing absent landlords who fail to properly maintain their properties, addressing blighted properties and illegal dumping. Diane Panasci has my support and I request the City Officials to be aggressive with this poorly maintained property on Lombard Street.

Thank you David. When I was in the process of buying my house, directly across the street, this view was about to stop me. The seller informed me that a warrant had been served and that work was being done. Indeed within a week the porch was fixed. I believed him and continued the purchase. That was September 2014. Since then 3 squirrels have been evicted and the broken windows on the top floor replaced. THAT IS ALL in almost a year. The tenants tell me that racoons and birds are always coming through the walls and more squirrels. I have spoken to Rafe Ramos of LCI and was assured another warrant had been served in June. I have seen no further work done. Mr Ramos told me that there are 9 health and safety hazards cited.
The situation is despicable. Children live here.

Thank you for your post.

These kind of eye sores use so many problems. Can't believe tenants live there. I like the use of SeeClickFix. How hard is it for the city to find the owners.

Hi Dave, thanks for your comment. The city knows who the owners are. They have served them a warrant, but I still see nothing being done. The same day you posted your comment, I called LCI, again, and left a message for Serena Neal-Sanjurjo. I know that Raphael Ramos had been assigned to this property, but I do not have his number, so I had to go over his head. It was a long holiday week-end. Hopefully Serena will ask Raphael to call me and give me an update. There have been moving trucks (small u-Haul) parked outside the property now twice. Once last week, and again today. I am hoping everyone is moving out. It is dangerous for them to live there. And children are involved. Perhaps with no rent coming in AND a warrant served with fines piling up the out of town lawyer landlords will do something.

Good people live on this block all of us suffer from this type of neglect.

This house is still a mess. Nothing has changed since I took the above picture except the windows were replaced and three squirrels removed. Shingles hanging off the building. 2nd floor neighbors moved out because of the animals coming in through holes in exterior walls. I have heard from Rafe Ramos that there are at least 9 violations against the property. May be more now, FD has been called out to look. The boarded up windows have been fixed by nothing else. Animals still gaining access and the place looks like a nightmare.
The owner is a lawyer Daniel H. Kryzanski. According to land records (BK:7320 PG:59) either he or his wife Beverly (or both) live at 1698 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S.A. 06611-5151 in a MacMansion.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1698-Huntington-Tpke-Trumbull-CT-06611/57407767_zpid/.
He should be ashamed of himself.

Nothing much has changed since I first reported this blighted house on April 19, 2015.
I am so very disgusted. I bought my house across the street because I was stupid enough to believe that things were changing, Promised that they were! ... and indeed in between my first deposit and the closing the porch was rebuilt and the roof started to be fixed. Then removal of three squirrels... and nothing more. How can the city not do more. Look at how the owners live. How can they cause others to live like this, and force neighbors to have this as their view!

It would seem that the absentee Landlord is paying one of his tenants to pull the old asphalt shingles off the building, sand and repaint. At least the front. I guess this is to get LCI off his back. It is certainly shaping up to LOOK better, although I would have chosen different, complimentary colors, but that is just taste. The tenant is working on the first and second floors. I don't see how he can reach the third floor and Mansard roof without scaffolding, but will keep watch.

I don't know if the landlord is addressing any of the issues inside the house. I have heard no further complaints about raccoons, squirrels, or birds. However, the tenant who complained the most moved out and the house is now completely occupied. I don't speak Spanish and the new tenants speak little English, so I will have to get one of my neighbors to help me find out if these are still dangers to the occupants. I will post again when I can find out more. If I find that nothing has changed inside, I will also contact LCI again. But for now, it appears that something is being done.

Turns out it is not a tenant as I thought, but a "worker" doing the ripping off of asphalt tiles, scrapping and painting. Went as far as the second floor front only, and then just stopped. A bit to the right and larger area to the left not finished. But you can see if this photo uploaded properly that the painting looks better. Top floor still not addressed, mansard roof and 2nd and third floor porches not addressed. Inside????

I hope this was not just a show. The work being done was for about 3-4 days. How much money could this wealthy absentee landlord put in? Still frustrated. I will give LCI, Rapael Ramos another call.

I just got an email asking me if this item is closed. NO IT IS NOT! The absentee landlord made a SHOW of pulling down ragged and rotting asphalt shingles on the first and second floor. Painted the first floor and about 1/2-2/3rds of the second floor. So looking low it looks better, but nothing has been done since my post on September 25th "...... But you can see if this photo uploaded properly that the painting looks better. Top floor still not addressed, mansard roof and 2nd and third floor porches not addressed. Inside????

The work that was done took 3-4 days. That is it, nothing has been done since. NO THIS ISSUE IS NOT CLOSED!

As I said on October 17th. Nothing further has been done to finish the work that was started in September. Now it is too cold for them to finish the painting that was started, So we have to keep this open until the spring. Per LCI Rafael Ramos on October 26th, the landlord is still in court fighting the fines and request for work to be completed.

Need for work s still ongoing. This is not resolved.

property is in compliance