The city’s famed bohemian Hotel Chelsea is trying to boot a longtime artist resident whose wildly colorful work lines its own hallways, but he’s fighting back on social media — and winning loads of support.
Gerald DeCock, 67, recently publicized his plight online to try to boost his bid to stay in his gold-leaf and glow-in-the-dark star-adorned studio apartment, whose last tenant was Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis in 1994, the resident said.
“I don’t want money. I’m not asking for a buyout. I just want to stay here. I don’t want to disrupt my life,’’ the Colorado native recently told The Post.
The artist and hairdresser said he has been paying $2,700 a month for nearly 20 years for his 10th-floor apartment at the eccentric Manhattan haven-for-the-arts — frequented over the years by the likes of Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol and even Mark Twain…