Two cabbies used an obscure law to score sweet apartments near the High Line for as little as $226 a month even though similar-sized digs in the neighborhood go for around $3,200. Hamidou Guira spent just one night in his new home in the Chelsea Highline Hotel before he was able to game the system with the help of fellow hack Joe Stevens and score himself a lifelong lease, according to sources. Guira did it by submitting a written request to become a permanent tenant under a little-known section of the Rent Stabilization and New York City Administrative codes. Because...
http://nypost.com/2015/08/12/cabbie-lands-chelsea-pad-for-226-using-little-known-law/
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