Residents of an affordable housing rental building in the East Village at 390 East 8th Street plan to announce today that they had filed a complaint with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urging him to block the sale of their homes to Tower Brokerage by other tenants in the building. The building is designated for low-income residents because of a court agreement which mandated it, but groups say that the potential sale violates that agreement. Tenants from the building are trying to sell it to Tower, potentially leaving countless residents homeless. “I hope the attorney general does the right thing and blocks this sale before people become homeless,” said Marilyn Berdugo, a tenant of 17 years. TRD… [more]