A Great Neck-based real estate company must pay more than $670,000 in civil penalties in addition to paying hundreds of tenants for dangerous living conditions after an investigation by the attorney general’s office found more than 3,000 violations.

Attorney General Letitia James and the Tenant Harassment Prevention Task Force announced on Tuesday that Steven Kashanian and his company, BlueSky Management NY LLC, must pay $672,578 for violating New York City construction codes and creating unsafe and unsanitary conditions for tenants throughout its 72 buildings in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.

In addition, BlueSky must give tenants $100 credit for each day there was no heat or hot water during the 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 heat seasons, correct open construction violations

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