​​​​​​​Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today released the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) 2026 Labor Day Report, highlighting how over the last year OAG has fought for workers, enforced the District’s labor laws, and worked to ensure that all District businesses compete on a level playing field.

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today sued the owner and manager of Delta Pearl, a large affordable apartment building located at 1400 Florida Ave NE, for extreme neglect at the property that is actively endangering the health and safety of tenants. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found evidence of severe and pervasive housing code violations at the building, which is owned and managed by developer Buwa Binitie through two of his companies.

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Weee! Inc., Weee! Logistics LLC, and Weee! OD Foods, LLC (together, “Weee!”), an online grocery delivery company, has agreed to pay $95,000 to delivery drivers and the District to resolve allegations of worker misclassification, which deprived more than 95 drivers of wages and benefits they are entitled to under DC law. Weee! has also agreed to reclassify its delivery drivers as employees instead of continuing to improperly classify them as independent contractors.

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today sued Allyson Abrams and two nonprofit organizations she founded, Empowerment Justice Center (EJC) and Empowerment Liberation Cathedral (ELC), for misusing nonprofit funds and then failing to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement resolving their violations of District law.