Nob Hill is a complex of four (4) six-story buildings containing a total of 761 apartments within the city of Syracuse. Within each of the four buildings there are two elevators, a community room, mail room and entry foyer. Each building has a laundry room and garbage room/trash shoot on each floor. Amenities for the complex include a pool, fitness center, and playground. There are parking lots and garages available for each building.
Property records indicate the sale of the Nob Hill property in August of 2018, and the formation of Nob Hill Apartment Group, LLC as taking possession and control of the property. According to Mayfair Management Group's news website, in July 2023, Nob Hill Apartment Group, LLC hired Mayfair Management Group to manage the Nob Hill complex. Accordingly, tenants testified that they received notice of Mayfair's property management role and have also [*4]testified that it was on or about 2023 that habitability issues began.
Cumulatively tenants testified to making major habitability complaints that went unanswered. Tenants were forced to mitigate conditions with use of space heaters, buckets for bathing, insect sprays and strips, and rodent traps. Tenant demographics include a wide range of individuals: both young and elderly, employed and retired, parents with children, and single adults. Most of the rental units are not subsidized and many tenants continued to pay rent until this Court abated rent at the first appearance in July 2025.
There was only one Petition from building #1, and that matter was settled prior to this Court's ruling. For purposes of this decision, the Court will group tenants, testimony, and findings based on each building and ascribe the overall conditions of the grounds to all Petitioners.