Jersey City real estate agent fined for illegal apartments, city says

by Paul Koepp
Jersey Journal
Thursday December 06

A licensed real estate agent in Jersey City has been slapped with $20,000 in fines yesterday for having illegal cellar apartments in two buildings she owns, city officials said.

Municipal Court Judge Richard Nieto found Remedios Resides guilty of several fire and housing code violations for properties at 192 Mallory Ave. and 401 West Side Ave., according to the city.


The units were deemed illegal cellar apartments following visits from the Jersey City Quality of Life Task Force two weeks ago, prompted by an anonymous complaint, officials said.

According to the city, Resides was fined $5,000 in March for maintaining illegal cellar apartments at the same two properties, as well as two others.

"The strong message sent today will be issued to anyone who places innocent people in harm's way," Mayor Jerramiah Healy said in a statement released yesterday.

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