William Green's glowing display of two Confederate battle flags in the windows of his top-floor apartment at 403 E. Eighth St. have posed a "clear and present danger" to the building and the surrounding community by sparking violence and mayhem, says the complaint filed Saturday by property owner 113 Avenue D, LLC in New York State Supreme Court.
Green, a rent-stabilized tenant with a lease dating back to 1996, is in violation of both the "Objectionable Conduct" clause of his lease and the Rent Stabilization Code because the flags are a nuisance burdening other tenants in the building and he should be evicted as a result, the lawsuit states.
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Yassky’s attorney, Robert Gumenick, said he was not currently seeking Green’s eviction.
“Once the tenant realizes the extent of the problem, we’re hopeful the tenant will cooperate,” he said.
One longtime resident of the building, who did not wish to give her name, said the controversy was complicated by the fact that Green may be mentally ill.
“Obviously I don't want to live in a building with Confederate flags in the window,” the resident said. “(But) I don't know if he understands what that flag represents.”
“At this point, he feels it would be better to work it out with the tenant,” said Robert Gumenick, the lawyer for building owner Charles Yassky.
Gumenick declined to comment further except to say that Yassky no longer wanted to pursue the matter in court.
“Absolutely not,” a defiant William Green told the Daily News on Tuesday when asked if he would classify himself as a racist.
The 43-year-old said the association of the rebel flag with secession and slavery is just a tale being told by select media outlets.
“That’s a fad, something that’s being created by MSNBC,” he told The News.
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Alarmed by a growing daily gathering of junkies and hobos, the Belets took matters into their own hands July 22 by sprinkling Comet bleach powder all over the sidewalk in front of the church...
The cleanser fended off the unwelcome interlopers for just a day. “They retaliated and spray-painted all kinds of profanity like ‘f–k you’ on the walls,” Irina said. “They also dumped garbage all over the powder and left a garbage bag filled with used toilet paper.”
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Some members of their flock began to skip their weekly Sunday service because of the putrid smells.
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Darren Keen, 34, yelled and broke a window at 403 E. 8th St. around 8:40 p.m. before fleeing, according to the NYPD. He was arrested roughly 30 minutes later.
Keen was charged with criminal mischief, given a desk appearance ticket and released.
Police say officers heard the sound of broken glass at a building on East 8th Street near Avenue D.
When they went to investigate, the NYPD says they found a trail of blood leading to the next building and up to Keen's apartment.
Police say Keen admitted to breaking a window and was taken into custody.
He spoke exclusively with NY1 hours earlier and told us he was upset about the flags.
"Everything to make that guy's message go away is good. And I'm going right now to the hardware store and I'm going to pull those tarps up and I'm going to paint a giant Wu-Tang logo on those tarps right now," he said.
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The head of an East Village block association says the clamor to evict a local resident for displaying two Confederate flags is completely misguided.
“This is not someone whose intent is to inflame passions or anything like that,” said Michael Schweinsburg, president of the Eight B C D Block Association. “He is a mental health concern. So no, eviction is not something I would welcome or support.”
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