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05-27-2008, 12:30 AM
More than a year after buying Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan for a record-breaking $5.4 billion, Tishman Speyer Properties has accused hundreds of rent-stabilized tenants of living somewhere other than their apartments, a tactic that residents and their lawyers say is part of an aggressive attempt to drive out low-rent tenants to make way for high-rent ones.
Tishman Speyer accused Paul and Almeda Alland, renters in Stuyvesant Town for 35 years, of living in Virginia.
Since December 2006, when Tishman Speyer began the process, about 800 rent-stabilized leases have been denied renewal because the landlord believed the tenants had a primary residence elsewhere, according to the company. More than 4 in 10 of those cases were later dropped, while 3 in 10 ended with tenants giving up their apartments.
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Tishman Speyer accused Paul and Almeda Alland, renters in Stuyvesant Town for 35 years, of living in Virginia.
Since December 2006, when Tishman Speyer began the process, about 800 rent-stabilized leases have been denied renewal because the landlord believed the tenants had a primary residence elsewhere, according to the company. More than 4 in 10 of those cases were later dropped, while 3 in 10 ended with tenants giving up their apartments.
More... (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/apartment+rent+landlord/SIG=1202d178o/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/nyregion/27stuyvesant.html)