NYC's 'Rent Too High' Candidate Facing Eviction

[inanna]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jan 27, 2015, 9:23 PM ET

A New York City man who made his political name over the claim that "the rent is too damn high" may soon not have a place to live.

Jimmy McMillan, who ran for governor in 2010, said Tuesday he's facing an eviction notice that says he has to leave his rent-stabilized Manhattan apartment on St. Mark's Place by Feb. 5.

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McMillan's attorney, John DeMaio, said Lisco Holdings had brought a case against McMillan a couple of years ago. In the course of dealing with that issue, DeMaio said McMillan's rent became overdue. He said a judge recently refused to allow McMillan to pay a sum that would have covered most of the amount due and then make up the rest and instead issued the eviction order. He is appealing that refusal.

McMillan said his landlord wants him out to be able to charge market rent to someone else. "The bottom line is, they want me out for more money," he said. He has lived in the East Village building since 1977, he said.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nycs-rent-high-candidate-facing-eviction-28534577

[geek tragedy]

1. He doesn't live in that apartment, he lives in Flatbush Brooklyn.

He pays a total of $900 for two apartments. He's not a victim, but rather a con man.

[Exultant Democracy]

2. The op's article doesn't address this do you have a link by any chance?

[SoCalNative]

4. Here's a link to a story from 2011

when he was facing eviction

Lisco Holdings, the building’s owner, said in court papers McMillan violated his lease agreement because he actually lives in Brooklyn, according to the Post. As per rent-controlled rules, the East Village apartment should be his primary residence.
His son currently lives at the apartment on St. Marks Place.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/08/05/jimmy-mcmillan-rent-is-too-damn-high-candidate-faces-eviction/

[geek tragedy]

5. from 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/nyregion/20rent.html?_r=0

Mr. McMillan said in an interview on Tuesday that for at least the last decade, he had lived rent free.

“We’re like family,” Mr. McMillan said of his landlords. “They don’t want me to pay any money at all. I am basically living there rent free.”

Mr. McMillan said that he moved into his apartment, a one-bedroom on Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in the early 1980s but soon fell behind on rent when he left his job in the Postal Service on disability. The landlady, Mr. McMillan said, admired his Vietnam War service and forgave the back rent and, eventually, the future rent, too. In exchange, he did maintenance work, and after she died in 2003, her heirs continued the tradition.

[George II]

3. You've got to admit, he's a colorful (homeless) guy!