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June 9, 2008
Voices: Mansion ruling bad news for all
Neil deMause, Metro New York

June 4, 2008
Village Tenants 'House Broken'
Dareh Gregorian & Tim Perone, New York Post

June 4, 2008
Tenement to 11,000 Square-Foot Mansion: Court Rules Owners Can Evict Rent-Stabilized Tenants
Jen Chung, The Gothamist

June 3, 2008
Court Rules Family can Evict Rent-Stabilized Tenants to Make Building a Private Home
Matthew Schuerman, WNYC New York Public Radio

June 3, 2008
Heir Comes Closer to Emptying Rent-Stabilized Building; Plans East Village Mansion with Two Living Rooms, Garage
Max Abelson, New York Observer

April 23, 2007
Tenants Protest Their Units Becoming Owner's Mansion
Adam F. Hutton, City Limits

April 18, 2007
Tenants are united under one roof to fight against eviction
Sarah Ferguson, The Villager


Press following Appellate Court Decision

March 16, 2007
Lower East Side Tenants Lose Mass-Eviction Appeal
Steven Wishnia, The Indypendent

March 9, 2007
47 East 3rd Street Conversion "Explained" by Owners
Jen Chung, Gothamist

March 4, 2007
YOUR HOME; Revising the Limits On 'Personal Use'
Jay Romano, The New York Times

February 21-27, 2007
McMansion legal beef continues; Landlords win appeal
Sarah Ferguson, The Villager

February 16, 2007
Tenants All Get The Boot
Dareh Gregorian and Tim Perone, New York Post

February 16, 2007
Landlord Wins Ruling in Eviction Case
Special to the Sun, The New York Sun

February 16, 2007
60 Room East Village Building Goes to Family
Jen Chung, Gothamist

Press following Supreme Court Decision

June 2006
Phony Demolitions Latest Landlord Trick (page 1)
Bennett Baumer
Third Street Tenants Stop Eviction, but Not Harassment (page 5)
Steven Wishnia
Tenant/Inquilino, periodical of the Metropolitan Council on Housing

March 15-21 2006
Judge's ruling backs tenants in 'McMansion' beef on E. 3rd
Sarah Ferguson, The Villager

March 14, 2006
East Village Respite
Matthew Grace, New York Observer: The Real Estate

March 13, 2006
Judge rules for E. Village tenants
Amy Zimmer, Metro New York



Early Press

January 25-31, 2006
At 'owner-occupancy tenement,' construction dust is latest worry
Chad Smith, The Villager

January 4, 2006
New condos on the way, tenants worry: East Village, Upper West Side owners say they're converting buildings into one-family units
Amy Zimmer, Metro New York

July 13-20, 2005
Turning tenements into mansions: landlords try to mass-evict tenants
Sarah Ferguson, The Villager

June 26, 2005
Everybody Out?
Dennis Hevesi, The New York Times

March 2, 2005
Columbia Connection to East Village Evictions
Jen Chung, Gothamist

October 13-19, 2004
Tenants say landlords using loophole to evict them
Nancy Reardon, The Villager