Sallas-Brookwell, who is white, said Airbnb renters often speak to her instead of other tenants, who are mostly people of color. for a year - pointed at a woman and her child entering the building and said they were Airbnb renters. Sophia Sallas-Brookwell - who has lived at 607 Flatbush Ave. The tenants gathered outside the buildings to protest Tuesday night, along with their lawyer, activists and friends. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Legal Services. Tenants at the three buildings on Flatbush Avenue allege that the landlord often refuses to do repairs in their apartments. Tenants, some of whom have lived there for 40 years, claim the Shasho family wants them out to gut-renovate apartments and turn them into illegal Airbnb rentals.
landed on the Public Advocate’s 2013 list of New York City’s worst landlords. The lawsuit names Miriam, William, Richard and Michelle Shasho, along with their companies First Kings Management LLC and 611 Flatbush Ave.
The tenants claim the landlords have gone so far as to deliver live rats, mice and roaches inside “refurbished” appliances just to scare them off.