Hermit Herbert Sukenik ‘paid £10 million’ to move out of ‘mould-covered’ New York room
A reclusive man was paid a reported $17 million (£10.2 million) by developers to leave his damp, cluttered and cramped apartment at the top of a New York hotel, a new book has claimed.
Herbert Sukenik was one of four elderly men refusing to move out of their rent controlled residences in the Mayflower Hotel after prominent real estate developers the Zeckendorf brothers purchased the building for $400 million (£239 million) in 2004. The hotel was eventually transformed into 15 Central Park West, an exclusive block of apartments now home to famous figures such as Denzel Washington and Sting. Unmarried Mr Sukenik reportedly refused to move out of his “mould-covered” 350-square-foot room at the top of the hotel for two years, forcin… Continue Reading (2 minute read)