A Hester Street tenement building was torn down in 2009 because of structural damage from the construction of a glassy 18-story hotel next door, and today tenants are finally mobilizing to protest for compensation. The vilified owner of 128 Hester, who also has ties to the Wyndham Garden hotel, a William Su, is being accused of unabashed conflicts of interest?and as a result, allowing building violations to pile up, not fixing unsafe conditions, and refusing displaced residents moving expenses or any other help once the building got a vacate order from the city. [The Local]