Landlord torches New York home after tenants stop paying rent, become squatters: authorities
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A New York City landlord is being accused of lighting his own townhouse on fire after the upstairs tenants stopped paying rent and refused to move out.

Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges

  • HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world
    112·
    8 months ago

    It makes them impoverished and desperate in an economy that increasingly funnels wealth towards the idle rich

    • dlpkl@lemmy.world
      212·
      8 months ago

      Whew jumping to conclusions much? Did you imagine all that just to justify theft?

      • orrk@lemmy.world
        111·
        8 months ago

        considering the rest of you guys are trying to justify murder, I think he has to do way less conclusion jumping

        • dlpkl@lemmy.world
          310·
          8 months ago

          The rest of who? Where did I even start to sympathize with the guy in the article. Y’all are streeeeetching