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Squatters strike again in Queens
It’s happened again in Queens. An elderly woman recently discovered that squatters had taken over her Rockaway Beach Boulevard vacation house.
It all started in 2014, after Yvette Hyman, a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor, rented her house to a family that she believed was displaced by Hurricane Sandy. Out of sympathy for their supposed plight, Hyman rented her four-bedroom house for just $2,000 a month until September of that year. But more than a year later, Sarah and Howard Kindler were still there and no longer paying, according to a lawsuit Hyman filed against the couple, according to the New York Post.
In reality, the Kindlers were not victims of Sandy and were just looking for A Cheap Place to live while they renovated. In all, they stayed in Hyman’s house for two years rent-free, making it difficult for Hyman to sell her house.
Although the Kindlers were eventually evicted and Hyman was able to eventually sell her home, Hyman is seeking more than $1 million in damages. She plans to donate a portion of the funds to charities that give housing to underprivileged Jewish families.
[NYP] —Christopher Cameron