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A young woman who moved to the Upper East Side after graduation is suing the landlord of her old building because the elderly married superintendents would sometimes enter her apartment without her knowledge. According to court papers, 22-year-old Navah Meller has been left "traumatized" and "unable to sleep" because super Ilona Biro, age 79, allegedly rearranged her belongings, rolling up a tube of toothpaste, opening care packages from her mom, and folding her panties without permission. Meller tells the Daily News, "It's all very creepy. My unmentionables are such a private product... New York is the greatest city in the world—who doesn't want to live here? But this experience has ruined that a bit for me. I was so taken advantage of." Her lawyer is seeking $10 million, and says, "I can't say I know for sure what these folks were doing with Miss Meller's undergarments." But Biro's 84-year-old husband George insists Meller gave them keys and said they could come in to fix leaks. He swears, "I don't know anything about her underwear."
Woman Sues Landlord for $10 Million Over Nosy Super
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does Gothamist ever plan to report on black-on-white crimes ever again?
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kudos for the Roper pic
Navah Meller can kiss my ass
10 million f*cking dollars?
Well, it says her lawyer is seeking $10 million. That means she would only get about 3-4 of that, if she won. Plus, everyone knows when it comes to haggling (which is basically what happens with these things) that you ask for much more than you expect to get.
What 22 year old uses the word, "unmentionables"? Whatever the case I wonder if she complained to the management company. She could have changed the locks as well and deducted the cost from her monthly rent.
After looking at the picture of her on the Daily News site, I'm pretty sure "unmentionable" is the correct term.
I used to have a landlord who lived upstairs from us and used to pop in all of the time when we were there. Who knows what he did when we weren't home. We also had a break-in at the apartment, and my roommate swears to this date it was him. But did we sue?! Jeesh. Grow a pair already!
$10MM will leave anyone untraumatized.
good luck!
I prefer to use the term "skivvies."
It was SO awful!!!
But give me 10 million and it'll all be better...
I'd let the super go through my undies for $1 mil. Heck - in this economy I'd even go as low as 500k.
I actually have to pay the lady at the laudromat to touch my undearwear!
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Ten million dollars for this alleged violation just screams frivilous lawsuit.
after seeing her picture, I think the landlord should sue. Hopefully it ends up as a jury trial. "Ladies & Gentlemen of the Jury, I present Exhibit XL"
I met a temp once who, on her first day on the job, complained about how her landlord was sneaking into her apartment. She changed her locks yet it kept happening. She set up video cameras, but had no concrete evidence of any wrongdoing. I assume she was just mentally ill.
Once you get a pervy landlord you can never get rid of them. Look at Lucy & Ricky Ricardo. They tried to move to CT to get away from Fred Mertz and Fred just followed them up there.
Wow, I thought the "Mr Roper" reference was old. Those are some great memories, Gotham!
Yeah, I had to think twice about posting it. I wasn't sure if today's generation loved Lucy.
I wonder how could she prove he did come into her apartment. Any pictures, video cameras etc?
This girl has no idea how lucky she is. I would let my super sniff my underwear, eat my care packages and rub my toothpaste all over himself if he would actually come into my apartment to fix things. Also, I don't give my super a key for this exact reason. Once you give him a key and tell him to come over whenever to fix stuff, you've given up all of your control over access.
Panty sniffers of the world unite!
I change my locks as soon as I move in. I would never leave the old locks on because you just never know if a previous tenant kept a copy of the keys.
No one asked you. Article ain't about you. Damn, typical neurotic crusty new yorker.
"But Biro's 84-year-old husband George insists Meller gave them keys and said they could come in to fix leaks."
Well, sure. The super is allowed to enter the unit for emergencies. But only in that instance.
Reminds me of the nosy Americans who snuck into Bhagdad to rollup Saddam's tubes of toothpaste, opening care packages from his mom, and folding his panties without permission.
I LIVED IN THAT BUILDING FOR 10 YEARS!!!! They were so creepy, invasive and 100% nosy! I hope this girl gets a ton of $$$$$!!!!