‘Such a gut punch.’ Bronx woman forced into shelter after apartment deemed illegal

A Clason Point woman says her life has been turned upside down after a city investigation determined the apartment she had lived in for more than a decade was illegal — forcing her out of her home and into a shelter while leaving behind the three cats she considers family.

For more than 10 years, Karen Mojica quietly lived inside a small apartment at 715 St. Lawrence Ave. with her cats, a place she says she never imagined she would lose.

“These are my babies,” Mojica said while petting her black cat, Loki, inside her former home…

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