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Chetrit’s felony case for tenant harassment highlights rent-stabilized tensions 
In 2000 real estate investor Meyer Chetrit and a partner bought Park West Village, an 850-apartment complex on the Upper West Side. The seller was Leona Helmsley, New York’s “Queen of Mean,” who famously said “Only the little people pay taxes” before going to prison for failing to pay hers.
Bronx man indicted for shooting teen at Mexican Day parade in Manhattan
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office says a Bronx man was indicted for allegedly shooting teen during the Mexican Day parade in Manhattan.
Woman sentenced for beating aunt to death with hammer in East Harlem
EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) – A woman was sentenced on Wednesday for beating her aunt to death with a hammer inside an East Harlem apartment in 2022, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced.
Slashing in Times Square; Man Indicted in Murray Hill Rental Scam
Recently re-elected Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. isn’t resting and on Nov. 6, he announced the indictment of Anthony Pittman, 35, for allegedly stealing a woman’s identity to forge documents, apply for a luxury apartment in Murray Hill—reported to be in the 31-story Aurora building at 556 Third Avenue at East 37th Street—and rent it a subletter under false pretenses. Pittman is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with one count of Identity Theft in the First Degree and three counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree.
How the Manhattan DA’s rental scam crackdowns could spell opportunity for agents
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is cracking down on rental scammers — and the timing could be an opportunity for rental agents.
After winning a second term, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to focus on mental illness crisis
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s reelection this week followed a first term that rarely saw him step out of the national spotlight, securing Donald Trump’s hush money conviction on 34 felonies and those of the president’s namesake real estate company and its top finance executive, indicting Mayor Adams’ right-hand Ingrid Lewis Martin, and trying a host of other high-profile cases.
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