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Displaced by Manhattan blast, tenants reflect on landlord's arrest
Published Sun, Feb 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM
New York
FOR several years, the rent-regulated tenants of 119 Second Ave in Manhattan's East Village say, they complained to city inspectors about a clanging, squeaking exhaust system in the building's air shaft.
They say they watched in fear as their landlord, Maria Hrynenko, installed a camera to track their comings and goings. They stood their ground in court battles as Hrynenko tried to evict them, they said.
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