A candidate who ran for New York governor because “the rent is too high” says he’s being evicted from his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment because his landlord wants to charge a new tenant more.
‘Rent Too High’ Candidate Faces Eviction
A candidate who ran for New York governor because “the rent is too high” says he’s being evicted from his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment because his landlord wants to charge a new tenant more.
Jimmy McMillan tells the New York Post he pays $872 for the rent-controlled East Village apartment.
He says the landlord wants him out because “my rent is too low.”
When he’s not busy planning his 2012 run for the White House, McMillan says he’s drawing on years of expertise to advise his lawyer on how to handle the eviction case. “I told him to file a counterclaim for $70,000,” McMillan said.
Building owner Lisco Holdings said in court papers that McMillan violated his lease because the apartment is not his primary residence as required by rent-controlled rules. It says he lives in Brooklyn.
McMillan says that address is his office.
Milhouse
Good. He should be evicted. $872 for an apartment in the East Village?! Even a closet should cost more than that. What makes him better than anyone else? Why should he live off someone else’s property, just because some legislators decided so?
bloke
this guy looks like a freak!
abraham
Milhouse must be a landlord.
Why not?
He sounds crafty enough to be awarded the title of honorary CH citizen.
Milhouse
#3, no, I’m just an honest person. Anyone who supports rent control, and especially anyone who tolerates people taking advantage of rent control when they have another place to live, is dishonest.
lol
OH THE IRONY!
declasse intellectual
He is 100 percent right: Housing in New York especially parts of the city and in Boro Park and Crown Heights is undervalued and overpriced–It is a shandra and a chullel haShem