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| Bianca Jagger to be booted from home |
| 2007-10-18 |
| A NEW York appeals court has ruled that a landlord can evict Bianca Jagger from her Park Avenue apartment because of her immigration status. The former wife of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger has lived in the rent-stabilised apartment for 20 years and argued that it was her primary residence and her landlord should be barred from evicting her. A British citizen who was born in Nicaragua, Jagger is in the United States on a B-2 tourist visa. Her lawyer Ryan Goldstein had argued that mould in the apartment had made it unliveable and she had stopped paying the $US4614 ($5148) a month rent in 2003. The landlord, Katz Park Avenue Corporation, said Jagger was in the US on a tourist visa and was not eligible to maintain permanent residence. The 3-2 decision by New York State Supreme Court's Appellate Division reversed a lower court's finding. The decision, which noted that the environmental activist also had a luxury apartment in London's Belgravia, said Jagger would also have to pay back rent and other fees. Tenants in rent-stablised apartments are protected from sharp increases in rent. Once a tenant leaves a rent-stabilised apartment, the landlord is free to charge market rate. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 I think that about fifty years ago or so, someone said that there were two ways to destroy a modern city: 1. attack it with several hundred four-engined bombers, or 2. impose rent control. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-10-18 22:07 |
| #4 hmm... my sis-inlaw has a rent controlled apt in Paris (Moulin Rouge). Shows up there every two years or so for a week or two. Rent was set in the early 70's so she would be a fool to ever give it up. (less than $100/yr) So the real fault is Rent Control. Its a dumb idea. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-18 20:47 |
| #3 It takes 4 years of not paying rent to get evicted in NY. Unbelievable. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-10-18 20:31 |
| #2 back to Nicaraugua? Wear your "Daniel O!" sunglasses and Che T-shirts at will! How exciting! Roots, Central American™-style! What? Not so enthused? But por que? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-10-18 20:27 |
| #1 Oh, Bianca. Remember the good old days? Everybody wanting Mick's lady to show up here, show up there, wanting your opinion on everything just as if it actually meant something, doing coke in the can at Studio 54 with Maggie Trudeau? Good times...good times... Now your an illegal immigrant trying to hold onto a rent controlled moldy apartment. Why am I smilin... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-18 19:39 |