‘Morbidly obese’ NYC man takes co-op to court over new rules threatening his prime parking spot

A disabled East Village resident with morbid obesity is suing his co-op over new rules he says threaten a parking spot his family has used for decades — as the board moves to sell the lot for residential development.

Steven Andruseaski, 61, is suing Village View Housing Corporation over a new parking agreement he says would give the co-op the ability to boot him from his space in Parking Lot 7, next to his apartment in the seven-building Mitchell-Lama complex just south of Tompkins Square Park.

Weighing about 375 pounds, Andruseaski said he uses a cane and can only walk about 200 feet. He depends on his car — and the nearby parking spot — to get to doctors’ appointments and buy groceries on Long Island.

“It’s hard for me to be mobile because I can’t walk too far and I can’t stand still at all,” Andruseaski told The Post. “If I stand still — my knees, my back, my hips — they just start hurting right away.”…

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