A fancy event venue under the Queensboro Bridge has illegally claimed a public city plaza as its own for the past decade while charging customers up to $300,000 a pop to rent it, a new lawsuit alleges.
The Manhattan operators of Guastavino’s have even been aided in their illicit ruse thanks to a reputed shady set-up with the local police precinct, court documents claim.
“This case is about the brazen and illegal seizure of public space by a high-end private event company and a commercial real estate developer who, on a daily or near-daily basis, evict the general public from a public plaza in Midtown Manhattan,” alleges the class-action suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court last week.
“Plaintiffs bring this case to return this small garden to public use and to right the wrongs that Defendants have caused by their illegal actions.”…