Posted on June 15, 2015 by Kim Barker in The New York Times The New York Times, By Kim Barker The office of the New York City comptroller plans to send letters on Tuesday to City Hall and various agencies demanding that they take steps to ensure that people in need of housing are not sent to illegal boarding homes, known as “three-quarter” houses, and to provide information that will help the office compile a list of such homes. The actions by the comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, who is responsible for auditing city agencies, follow an article published by The New York Times last month on three-quarter homes, flophouses paid for with government money that cater to addicts and those with nowhere else to go. The article examined the practices of the operator of some of the most troubled homes, Yury Baumblit, a felon accused of taking kickbacks on Medicaid fees for drug treatment while forcing people to live in squalor.
