The Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception, a Connecticut-based group of nuns that owns the St. Joseph Immigrant Home at 425 West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen is locked in a dispute with its tenants, who balked over a $150 rent increase imposed earlier this year. The sisters have filed 27 lawsuits in Housing Court to remove the tenants, who are not protected by rent-stabilization laws due to an exemption for religious institutions using the building for a charitable purpose. [TRD]
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