One man’s secret changed his apartment building’s future

He knew what their rent should have been.

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February 13, 2024

A longtime tenant and former fixture of New York City’s old nightclub scene resented the moneyed millennials who filled his Lower East Side building while his apartment crumbled.

A man in a tan hat and argyle sweater sitting on a bed with a red comforter.

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Then he let them in on a secret that changed their lives.→

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