Sara Monestime (in red) of 201 Spencer Street and Kwana Lamar-Reinoso of 195 Spencer Street in Brooklyn discuss the problems with their buildings, as two-year-old Madelyn Monestime looks on.
A developer broke the rules, the city belatedly cracked down and dozens of Brooklyn families own property with no legal right to exist.
The recent transfers of one building in Bushwick occurred without heed to any notions of fiscal responsibility. Yet its residents live in the real world, where caretaking and stability are needed.
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