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More horror stories are coming to light about what it was like inside 91 Brazil Street, an apartment building shut down by the city last week. Jason van Vianen was the property’s live-in superintendent and is among those displaced by the city’s order to vacate. He says when he initially took over the building it was in relatively good shape, but a steady series of problems under three separate property management companies were not adequately addressed and conditions continued to deteriorate. Some of the damage done to the building (Submitted Photo)And then there were drugs and crime. “I was the only security, I was the one running around throwing people out, telling people to stop smoking crack in my hallways, get out of the building, don’t be making messes with the garbage. Like, I went through a lot in seven years. I had to resuscitate five people in the last two and a half months.”He says officials were aware of the problems in the building, but says police can only do so much. Alleged drug use caught on video surveillance (Submitted Photo)“I did my due diligence, I was doing my job. I was calling them, I was reporting things, I was calling the police when it was necessary.

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