NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A Manhattan landlord was indicted for allegedly harassing senior tenants to get them to leave rent-regulated apartments they’ve lived in for nearly a half-century, officials said Wednesday.
Meyer Chetrit, 61, and his companies, The West Paramont LLC and The Chetrit Group, LLC, were charged with harassment of a rent regulated tenant.
According to the indictment, Chetrit and his co-defendant engaged in a five-year campaign of harassment against two tenants, both in their mid-70s, who have lived in their building at 117-119 West 26th St. in Chelsea for nearly five decades…