Brooklyn slumlord slapped with probation after serving jail time
A Brooklyn real estate developer who wrongfully evicted tenants from his rent-controlled apartments and fraudulently obtained properties, was released from jail on Wednesday and sentenced to five years’ probation.
Twenty days in jail and $200,000 forfeiture paid later, Daniel Melamed arrived at Brooklyn Supreme Court in tan prison sweats for sentencing, a stark contrast to his suited-up trial garb.
After being convicted of pushing out his tenants to replace them with higher payers and pleading guilty to grand larceny, residential mortgage fraud and forgery in a separate case, the slumlord can now no longer buy or sell rent-controlled properties in Brooklyn during probation.