City sues Chetrits over conditions at “dirtiest” hotel

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration says the Chetrit family’s “dirtiest” hotel is a public safety nuisance. The city on Thursday filed a civil lawsuit against brothers Meyer and Joseph Chetrit, claiming they’ve failed to properly maintain the Hotel Carter in Times Square. “The Chetrit family, headed by Defendants Meyer Chetrit and Joseph Chetrit, owns a large building portfolio nationwide and in the City of New York,” lawyers for the city wrote in a complaint filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. “Despite profitable careers in real estate, investing in and selling billions of dollars of real property around the globe, defendants have refused […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.