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Meyer Chetrit indicted on felony tenant harassment charges 
Meyer Chetrit has been indicted on criminal charges in Manhattan.
Manhattan Building Owner Accused Of Tenant Harassment Over 5-Year Period: DA 
A Chelsea building owner has been indicted on felony harassment charges after allegedly waging a five-year harassment campaign against two elderly tenants in an attempt to get them to move out, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.
D.A. Bragg, D.O.I. Commissioner Strauber Announce Indictment Of Landlords For Tenant Harassment In Chelsea Apartment 
“As alleged, Meyer Chetrit waged a campaign of harassment against two rent-regulated tenants in their 70s in hopes they would move out, and the building could be sold,” said District Attorney Bragg. “From winters without heat and unrepaired roofs causing leaks and ceiling collapses, these New Yorkers were forced to live in uninhabitable conditions. This is exactly the type of pattern of criminal harassment my Office’s Housing and Tenant Protection Unit was created to stop. All New Yorkers deserve to live in safe homes – please contact our Housing and Tenant Protection Unit at 212-335-3300 or Danyhousing@dany.nyc.gov for help.”
Suspect Sentenced, Shoved Woman Onto Subway Tracks In Manhattan: DA 
A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to prison after he shoved a 34-year-old woman onto the subway tracks at a Manhattan station back in 2023, prosecutors announced on Monday.
NYC subway shove victim confronts attacker in court as he’s sentenced to 10 years 
A man who shoved a woman onto the subway tracks in an unprovoked attack back in August 2023 was sentenced Monday.
10-year prison sentence for man who shoved woman onto subway tracks 
The married mom who was viciously shoved onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station said she now lives her life in an “invisible cage” due to fear from the attack — as the maniac shover was sentenced to a decade in prison Monday.
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