{"id":832,"date":"2006-03-17T07:39:18","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/03\/neo-vanderbiltism_blocked_for_now.html"},"modified":"2008-01-25T12:01:48","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T17:01:48","slug":"neovanderbiltis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/03\/neovanderbiltis.html","title":{"rendered":"Neo-Vanderbiltism Blocked For Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

The owners of an East Village building that was to have become a latter-day Vanderbilt Mansion are blocked, for now at least, from actualizing that dream<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A wealthy couple’s attempt to convert an East Village tenement into a luxurious mansion by evicting at least 10 rent-stabilized tenants was blocked yesterday by a judge.<\/p>\n

The judge ruled that the landlords had failed to get permission from the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal to cancel their tenants’ leases.<\/p>\n

The decision dashed — at least temporarily — the hopes of Alistair and Catherine Economakis to turn the five-story walkup into their own private home, featuring a library, a gym, a nanny’s suite, five bedrooms and six bathrooms.<\/p>\n

The tenants, who said rents at the 104-year-old building range from about $600 to $1,200 a month, were relieved by the ruling, but expected the Economakises to appeal.<\/p>\n

“I feel very good about it. It means we can possibly stay,” said Ursula Kinzel, an editor who has lived in her fifth-floor apartment for more than 20 years. “It’s been extremely stressful. It’s been a nightmare.”<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

The Economakises and their lawyer could not be reached for comment. Catherine Economakis’ mom is a dean at Columbia College, where, ironically, she teaches courses in urban studies that examine city social and economic problems.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some backstory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The owners of an East Village building that was to have become a latter-day Vanderbilt Mansion are blocked, for now at least, from actualizing that dream: A wealthy couple’s attempt to convert an East Village tenement into a luxurious mansion by evicting at least 10 rent-stabilized tenants was blocked yesterday by a judge. The judge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real_estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}