A Belmont landlord has been hit with a $10 million fine, one of the largest in New York City housing court history, after tenants said they endured years of poor living conditions - including a broken elevator, no heat and lack of hot water at 480 E. 188th St.

The court ruling comes after numerous complaints from residents of the building, which houses 169 apartments. Tenants say they have repeatedly reported issues, but repairs are often delayed or ignored.

“When Mommy needs to get to an appointment or she needs to get out of the building in the wheelchair, she has to wait a half hour for an elevator,” said Julia Nunez, whose elderly mother lives in the building. “Sometimes the elevator doesn’t even come.”

Nunez said the apartment often goes without heat during the winter.

“I’m freezing with four blankets on,” Nunez said.

She also described the struggle of not having hot water.

“The home attendant comes here. She has to heat up water to wash and bathe Mommy,” Nunez said. “That’s very hard when you have a person who’s disabled and in a wheelchair.”

Other tenants echoed her frustration.

“Many times I had to wait one week, two weeks, three weeks just for a worker to help me,” said Garvey Moore, a longtime resident.

Moore said he hopes the fine will finally lead to meaningful changes in building management and conditions.

“I hope it does, one - remedy the problems that we have - and two - assist the tenants in dealing with this type of oppression on a major scale, as well as getting better management,” Moore said.

Residents say they remain hopeful that the court’s decision will pressure the landlord to make long-overdue repairs and improvements.