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A New York Cit condo owner has been busted for converting one apartment unit into nine separate units to rent out for as much as $600 a month. Landlord Xue Ping Ni had split his 634-square-foot condo in half horizontally, creating a new floor between the fourth and fifth, to rent out to 11 tenants on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that had ceilings as low as 4 1/2 feet. The units at 165 Henry Street were raided and shut down Wednesday by the city’s Department of Buildings and Ni was fined more than $144,000 for failing to have sprinklers and proper electrical, structural and plumbing permits. In one photo, a city inspector is seen on his knees in order to enter the micro unit. Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos said it was a scene that resembled the 1999 indie film Being John Malkovich, which depicted a 7th 1/2 floor in a Manhattan office. Read More
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