Husband is model Emily Ratajkowski, the millionaire and film producer Sebastian Bear-Mcclard, not pay the rent due to a legal loophole designed to protect the afflicted artists.
According to Carolyn Daly, a representative of the coalition of the owners of the lofts, which includes apartments Bear Mcclard, in 2017 he demanded protection in accordance with state law, the Loft Law.
«This is a Prime example of luxury real estate in new York, where a rich married couple and the tenant can use the law designed to do the suffering artists and families with low incomes in need of affordable housing,» said Daly.
After the lease expired in 2017, Bear Mcclard not paid a penny of monthly in the amount of $4900, says the tenant is Anthony Ghosh, who filed the lawsuit in Civil court in Manhattan. At the same time, he conveyed the premises with an area of 1100 square feet (102,19 sq m) in the sublease.
According to Daley, Bear Mcclard have about $120 thousand thus, according to the website Superbhub.com counting the earnings of Hollywood stars, capital spouse Ratajkowski is $11.7 million, and most models — $6 million
Emily Ratajkowski and her husband.
State law called Loft Law, enacted in 1982, prohibits home owners to evict creative people and other tenants with a low income living illegally in commercial spaces liftovyh. It says that they cannot be evicted, if the landlord no certificate of occupancy from the building or is not provided for firefighters and other security measures. For the building on Bleecker Street, where he lives Bear Mcclard, there’s really no need to act.
«Mr. Mcclard fighting to save his home, where he lived for years,» said his lawyer Michael Kozak.
