Different city, same story
A familiar story from Housing Court in Buffalo… even the names (Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank) are the same.
Apparently Judge Nowak is Buffalo’s version of Ray Pianka…
“A recent ruling by Judge Nowak has the potential to stop this nonsense in its tracks,” says Bartley. “Judge Nowak ruled that a bank can not foreclose on any property in the City of Buffalo if that financial institution has outstanding judgments against it for non-payment of fines related to neglect of the properties it already controls…Clearly, this decision, if it’s not reversed, will force this firms to at least maintain these properties or else not beso eager to foreclose.”
Pianka’s Cleveland Municipal Housing Court has been trying the same “clean hands” strategy.