A Bronx Landlord Is Ordered to Pay Tenants a $1 Million Settlement

A Bronx landlord accused of cheating tenants out of years of discounted rent must cough up $1 million to vindicated residents, the Daily News has learned.

Tenants of 3045 Godwin Terrace in Kingsbridge said their landlord, Godwin Realty Associates, dodged a city law requiring 100% of its apartments be rent regulated in exchange for tax breaks. The tenants, who filed a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit in 2018, say they were overcharged since at least 2007.

The hefty $1 million settlement did not include an admission of wrongdoing by the landlord. The money will be distributed among roughly 40 tenants by a court-appointed special master. One family in the building will receive more than $100,000.