Flophouse to stay open on Bowery

The Bowery’s Sunshine Hotel, famous for bleak conditions and eccentric personalities, will not be demolished for at least another three years. Owner Roseann Carone’s bid for a “certificate of no harassment,” necessary to continue with plans to build condos, was denied after a judge found that the hotel had verbally abused and threatened tenants and neglected maintenance. The owner must now wait three years before reapplying to build condos on the site.