For decades, Walter Blomeyer lived in a tiny studio in Upper West Side Manhattan owned by Icon Realty Management. When Icon planned to convert the building into luxury housing, they offered to pay Blomeyer $525,00 if he vacated. Blomeyer accepted the deal, and was paid the initial $300,000 a year before issuing the remaining amount. Unfortunately, Blomeyer died in February of a heart attack and now, Icon refuses to pay the rest of the amount.
Blomeyer’s estate is now suing Icon for $225,000 he was entitled. Lawyer Mitch Kossoff responded to the claim saying, “The agreement said nothing about his estate benefitting. His estate is entitled to nothing.”
See Kathianne Boniello, Landlord Cheating Dead Tenant Out of $225K: Lawsuit, New York Post, Apr. 12, 2015.
