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		</div><h4><span style="color: #332c2c;"><strong>New York City condo owner Xue Ping Ni reportedly had split his 634-square-foot Manhattan condo in half horizontally to rent out nine micro units</strong></span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #332c2c;"><strong>Ni was busted for converting one apt into NINE illegal micro units by cutting it in half horizontally &#8211; with ceilings as low as 4 1/2 feet &#8211; and renting them out for $600 a month</strong></span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #332c2c;"><strong>The units were raided and shut down Wednesday by the city&#8217;s Department of Buildings and tenants were forced to evacuate </strong></span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #332c2c;"><strong>Ni was fined more than $144,000 for failing to have sprinklers, proper electrical, structural and plumbing permits</strong></span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #332c2c;"><strong>Another landlord in the same Lower East Side building was also discovered to be running the same scheme by creating multiple units </strong></span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #332c2c;"><strong>The condo owner charged tenants up to $600 a month for the illegal spaces, some with ceilings as low as 41/2 feet </strong></span></h4>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-325987" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Apt-in-Manhattans-Lower-East-Side-where-a-landlord-illegally-split-his-apartment-into-nine-micro-units-for-rental-1.jpg" alt="Apt in Manhattan's Lower East Side where a landlord illegally split his apartment into nine micro units for rental 1" width="692" height="908" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">A city building inspector is seen at 165 Henry Street in Manhattan&#8217;s Lower East Side where a landlord illegally split his apartment into nine micro units to rent to 11 people</span></strong></h6>
<p>A New York City condominium owner has been arrested for converting his one apartment unit into nine separate units to rent out for as much as $600 a month.<br />
Landlord Xue Ping Ni had split his 634-square-foot condo in half horizontally, creating a new floor between the fourth and fifth, to rent out to 11 tenants on Manhattan&#8217;s Lower East Side that had ceilings as low as 4 1/2 feet.<br />
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<script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script>The units at 165 Henry Street were raided and shut down Wednesday by the city&#8217;s Department of Buildings and Ni was fined more than $144,000 for failing to have sprinklers and proper electrical, structural and plumbing permits.<br />
In one photo, a city inspector is seen on his knees in order to enter the micro unit.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos said it was a scene that resembled the 1999 indie film Being John Malkovich, which depicted a 7th 1/2 floor in a Manhattan office.</span></p>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-325988" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Building-inspector-visists-apt-in-Manhattans-Lower-East-Side-where-a-landlord-illegally-split-his-apartment-into-nine-micro-units-2.jpg" alt="Building inspector visists apt in Manhattan's Lower East Side where a landlord illegally split his apartment into nine micro units 2" width="680" height="1015" /><strong>An inspectors go through the NYC condo after the owner Xue Ping Ni had split his 634sq-ft Manhattan unit in half horizontally to rent out nine micro units</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-325986" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Air-conditioning-units-could-be-seen-set-up-on-both-the-top-and-bottom-of-floor-to-ceiling-windows-of-the-apt.jpg" alt="Air conditioning units could be seen set up on both the top and bottom of floor-to-ceiling windows of the apt" width="670" height="741" />Air conditioning units could be seen set up on both the top and bottom of floor-to-ceiling windows of the illegal tenament</span></strong></h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">&#8216;This is like the room out of the movie Being John Malkovich,&#8217; Kallos said. &#8216;It was funny in fiction, but a horror story in real life.&#8217;</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Condo owner Ni had placed bubble wrap in the units to prevent tenants from hitting their heads on pipes.<br />
Inspectors said there was also an illegal bathroom in the unit.<br />
A second apartment in the same building was also busted for having a similar setup.<br />
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Unit 701, which Ni has listed in the past as his address but is now owned by Jing Ya Lin, was being rented to 11 tenants.<br />
From the street, air conditioning units could be seen set up on both the top and bottom of windows meant for one unit.<br />
&#8216;I&#8217;ve never seen air conditioners stacked atop one another like that &#8211; five air conditioners in three windows,&#8217; Kallos <a class="class" href="https://nypost.com/2019/08/16/condo-owner-busted-for-building-being-john-malkovich-like-4th-1-2-floor/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">said.</a>.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">&#8216;I can&#8217;t imagine needing that much air-conditioning in one apartment, so if someone sees this on the street, that should be more than sufficient for the Department of Buildings to also investigate that apartment.&#8217;</span></p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-325989" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Low-ceilings-in-apt-in-Manhattans-Lower-East-Side-where-a-landlord-illegally-split-his-apt-into-nine-micro-units-3.jpg" alt="Low ceilings in apt in Manhattan's Lower East Side where a landlord illegally split his apt into nine micro units 3" width="676" height="767" />With the modifications made by Ni, the ceilings were as low as 4 1/2 feet, still tenants were being charged up to $600 a month for the illegal spaces</span></strong></h6>
<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Records show Lin bought the 643-square-foot condo in September 2015, in an off-market deal.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Lin was issued 10 violations by the Department of Buildings.<br />
And on Friday, several tenants were seen leaving the building with suitcases as the units were being evacuated.<br />
The tenants were offered immediate relocation assistance by the American Red Cross.<br />
&#8216;Every New Yorker deserves a safe and legal place to live, which is why we&#8217;re committed to routing out dangerous firetraps and ordering the landlords to make these apartments safe,&#8217; the NYC Buildings Department said in a statement.<br />
&#8216;Tenants living in truncated and windowless dwelling units like this poses an extreme hazard to their safety, as well as the safety of their neighbors, and first responders – a hazard that cannot be tolerated in our city.&#8217;</p>
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NYC condo owner arrested for converting one apartment into NINE illegal micro units by cutting it in half horizontally, with ceilings as low as 4 1/2 feet – Xue Ping Ni charged tenants up to $600 a month
