In a move reminiscent of Ben "The Sledgehammer" Shaoul, East Village landlord Nurjahan Ahmed is gut renovating a building on East 6th Street...with a tenant still living in it. Rory Denis, who has lived in his rent-stabilized fourth-floor walkup since 1979, has had his water and electricity cut off and has to deal with construction noise at all hours of the day, but says he has nowhere else to go. Ahmed, for her part, says that she is not trying to force Denis out. Just, you know, destroying the building around him. [DNAinfo]
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