Residents of the Lower East Side's Knickerbocker Village?where about 700 senior citizens stayed through the mandatory storm evacuation?have finally heard from management. The building should get power back today and heat and hot water by the end of the week. And, in the words of the building manager, "we will ensure that not a penny of rent is paid on days in which you did not have essential services"?staving off a rent strike and creating a nice dramatic moment for our Knickerbocker Village screenplay. [The Lo-Down; previously]
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