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New Yorker Hotel takeover artist pleads guilty to fraud #shorts

3/2/2026, 3:29:56 PM
A man who claimed he owned the New Yorker Hotel has a new status: convicted. Watch as we unpack the saga of Mickey Barreto, who after a three-year legal fight pleaded guilty this week to forging property records in an attempt to seize the Hell’s Kitchen landmark, complete with fake deeds and even demanding rent from tenants.