RE Greed Reaches New Level in Cobble Hill
Most New Yorkers are pretty used to tales of landlords evicting tenants in the pursuit of profit maximization. But even the most hardened free-marketeer must have raised his eyebrows at yesterday’s report of two elederly sisters being kicked out of the Cobble Hill townhouse where they grew up by their nephew, Joseph DeLeonibus. Adding another…
Most New Yorkers are pretty used to tales of landlords evicting tenants in the pursuit of profit maximization. But even the most hardened free-marketeer must have raised his eyebrows at yesterday’s report of two elederly sisters being kicked out of the Cobble Hill townhouse where they grew up by their nephew, Joseph DeLeonibus. Adding another layer of intrigue was the listing for the Cheever Place property on Corcoran: “House is being offered for $999,999, without seeing it, without inspecting it, must close in 30 days, must be all cash and must take tenants in place.” Sounds a little desperate to us. There must be more to the story.
Hit the Bricks, Granny! [NY Daily News]
What would your mother say if she heard you JoshK?
Tie the old ladies to the railroad tracks and get it over with.
It’s greedy of those old ladies to mooch their entire lives. THAT’S GREED.
Selling out is business.
He wants to sell the house because he’s in debt (was on the news a couple of nights ago). He’s a cad. One aunt is 89, the other is close to it if not beyond. How much longer does he expect them to live? When the police arrived at the house to execute the eviction and they saw the two women, they refused to force them out and left. Three cheers for a show of decency. Old people are not refuse to be discarded because this nephew can’t manage his money. Imagine that happening to your parents or other relatives, or even worse, to yourself. How would you feel? Would you like to end up in a nursing home? Let them live the rest of their days in peace in the house where they grew up, regardless of any so-called family feud. It’s just plain old disgusting greed.
There was a longer story complete with feuding in-laws, etc in the weekend papers. I’m guessing the Post on Saturday. That article said house had been sold.
Sounds like ammo in a HUGE family feud. Getting an eviction notice the day your sister is buried? That’s gotta hurt.
In all fairness to the nephew, I’d be irritated too if my cousin claimed what looks to be squatter’s rights. Living in the attic? Because he can’t afford an apartment on his own or because he won’t pay a cent more than he has to, especially if his cousin will put up with him. True there’s more here than meets the eye, and it probably ain’t pretty.
Oh, that is awful. I wish I had an extra million dollars so I could buy that building for those poor old ladies. I can understand the nephew wanting to sell that place, but not without finding a new home for his aunts.
ok, i’ll judge myself: not a crook like this guy.
how’s that?
didn’t it say that one of the aunts was willed part of the building and signed it over to him? we’re talking about family here. this guy is a complete crook.