Brokerage files lawsuit against church over commission 

A brokerage has sued the Rocky Mount Baptist Church congregation, which recently sold its Washington Heights church to Michael Waldman of North Manhattan Construction Corp., claiming the church failed to pay a commission. Deborah A. Schwartz Real Estate claims that the church owes $192,000 in commission, based on a 3 percent of a $6.4 million sales price. The church is contesting the amount owed on the commission because it claim the sales price is not correct. The property will be redeveloped as a residential rental building. 

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