Landlord to Pay $1 Million Over Treatment of Tenants.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday that he had reached a $1 million settlement with a large New York City property owner that became a lightning rod for complaints about landlords' treatment of tenants in rent-regulated apartments. Under the settlement, the landlord, Vantage Properties, must stop harassing tenants in its 9,500 apartments in Queens and Manhattan with ''baseless legal notices'' and ''frivolous housing court evictions,'' according to a statement from Mr. Cuomo. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]