57. Fraud at the New Yorker Hotel

Episode start time: 15:35 

Case start time: 22:06

In 1929, construction on an iconic Art Deco building concluded as the New Yorker hotel joined the New York City skyline. In 2018, Mickey Barreto walked into the hotel, paid to stay for a night, and...didn't leave. Join Cameron and Hayden as they discuss this goofy case. 

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Sources: 

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-man-indicted-for-claiming-ownership-of-iconic-new-yorker-hotel-in-false-property-records/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham_New_Yorker_Hotel 

https://apnews.com/article/nyc-hotel-free-rent-loophole-case-dd138294f79482f5894fa7a3d7141a5b 

https://www.curbed.com/2023/09/new-yorker-hotel-rent-stabilization-explained-mickey-baretto.html 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mickey-barreto-new-yorker-hotel-b2643005.html 

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-02-19/a-loophole-got-him-a-free-new-york-hotel-stay-for-five-years-then-he-claimed-to-own-the-building 

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/a-loophole-got-him-a-free-nyc-hotel-stay-for-five-years-then-he-claimed-to-own-the-building/5141019/?utm

https://www.businessinsider.com/man-living-rent-free-in-new-york-hotel-evicted-squatting-2024-2?utm 

https://apnews.com/article/new-yorker-hotel-fraud-free-room-loophole-6505cb6df084002401aab9f6eaecf452 https://www.renthop.com/average-rent-in/hells-kitchen-new-york-ny