Benjamin Wai: head officer on HPD registrations

Benjamin Wai is named as head officer on the HPD property registrations of 13 NYC buildings (414 units), which have 523 open HPD violations, 141 of them class C, as of Oct 26, 2026.

Grouped automatically from HPD registration filings by name and business address. Different people can share a name; report an error.

Buildings

AddressAreaUnitsOpen violationsGrade
140-11 Ash AvenueFlushing84145 (38 class C)F
46-06 Smart StreetFlushing24114 (26 class C)F
143-21 Bowne StreetFlushing4841 (13 class C)D
251 Elizabeth StreetSoHo1740 (7 class C)F
42-30 Union StreetFlushing4837 (11 class C)D
247 Elizabeth StreetSoHo1632 (7 class C)D
37-04 Bowne StreetFlushing1630 (16 class C)F
37-18 Bowne StreetFlushing1523 (7 class C)D
37-08 Bowne StreetFlushing1621 (5 class C)D
37-22 Bowne StreetFlushing1814 (2 class C)D
41-40 Parsons BoulevardFlushing4813 (7 class C)C
143-15 38th AvenueFlushing569 (2 class C)B
228 Elizabeth StreetSoHo84C

How landlord totals are counted.

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.