85 bowery

An agreement if finally in place for the return of tenants to 85 Bowery six months after they were displaced.

Residents of 85 Bowery and community organizers are accusing their landlord, Joseph Betesh, of reneging on an alleged promise of a guaranteed return date.

After workers tossed out personal items belonging to the residents of 85 Bowery this week, citywide news organizations jumped on the story. Last night, property owner Joseph Betesh issued a statement, saying "mistakes were made."

More twists and turns yesterday in the long battle between Chinatown landlord Joseph Betesh and residents of 85 Bowery.

The residents of 85 Bowery have been looking forward to returning home, two months after the city slapped a full vacate order on their building.

Following a court order laying out a timeline for the return of tenants at 85 Bowery, local elected officials are asking city agencies to come up with a detailed plan to move the displaced residents back into their apartments.

Six residents of 85 Bowery are ending their hunger strike after four days.

Some of the residents of 85 Bowery will be staging a hunger strike at the offices of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) in Lower Manhattan beginning at 11 a.m. today.

After two weeks in a Brooklyn hotel, at least some of the residents of 85 Bowery have been moved to the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Chinatown at their landlord's expense.

Nine days ago, the Department of Buildings (DOB) ordered the evacuation of 85 Bowery, and required the property owner, Joseph Betesh, to replace an unstable staircase within two weeks.