Displaced residents of burned Sunnyside building fear they'll be uprooted again
Sunnyside, Queens residents who were displaced when their multi-unit apartment building went ablaze last year said they will have nowhere to go when the temporary leases they were given after the fire expire in July.
“The right thing to do is make sure that people have their basic needs met, especially when it is to no wrongdoing of their own,” Won said. “These innocent people who have working class jobs, if not completely low income, they deserve to have a roof over their head.” Legal firm McLaughlin & Stern represents 98 units in the complex, a total of 172 tenants. Brett Gallaway, an attorney for the firm, said they negotiated with A&E’s legal counsel for six months without reaching a resolution. He said tenants are now considering legal action.
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