New York condo owner is accusing of splitting his Lower East Side apartment into an illegal duplex. But rather than adding walls, he reportedly lowered the ceiling and divided the unite horizontally into two cramped floors.
The ceilings were just 4 1/2 feet high, forcing the nine tenants to crouch or even walk on their knees. The owner reportedly even put bubble wrap on the ceiling to keep residents from banging their head on low-hanging pipes.
On Saturday the New York Buildings Department issued nearly a dozen violations to Jing Ya Lin, the listed owner of Apartment 701 at 165 Henry Street. Jing bought the unit in September 2015, the New York Post reports, and while it's not apparent how much he paid, his listed mortgage was only $9,622.
Jing is the second owner at 165 Henry Street accused of giving his unit a Being John Malkovich makeover: The day before, inspectors responding to a 311 call issued numerous citations to Xue Ping Ni for setting up his 634-square-foot apartment into a pint-sized pied a-terre with some 11 sub-units.
Ni was slapped with more than $144,000 for carving up 601 Henry Street without proper electrical, structural and plumbing permits. He was also cited for having an illegal bathroom and no sprinklers.
Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos called the arrangement "funny in fiction, but a horror story in real life."
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