Friday, August 5, 2011

...Jimmy McMillan

The rent is too damn high! The line that brought Jimmy McMillan to our attention last year. Well it seems like Jimmy may be getting evicted from his rent controlled apartment in New York City's East Village. Jimmy McMillan, who pays $875 a month for rent, told the New York Post that his landlord wants him out because "my rent is too damn low." McMillan, now planning a run for president, says he's told his lawyer to file a counterclaim for $70,000. The case is pending in Housing Court. The owner of the building said, in court papers, that Jimmy violated his lease because the apartment is not his primary residence as required by rent controlled rules. It says he lives in Brooklyn. McMillan says that address is his office. If this is true then I would like to know how he can afford two rents in the city. Brooklyn or not, that is still two rents to pay every month. East Village is a trendy part of NYC, like Greenwich, and $875 is very low in NYC fr rent, people would kill to pay that amount, even if it is a studio, though it does not say if it is a studio or not. I am giving Jimmy McMillan a Digit Down for possibly ruining his chances at sustaining such a low rent and for complaining about high rent when his rent is LOW!


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