Article: Residents cry 'foul play' over X-rated tenants. (Chelsea district community in New York, New York pressure owner Elmo Nier to evict X-rated video store)

A Chelsea property owner who unwittingly rented to an x-rated video parlor said, in reaction to community complaints, he is stymied by the laws of landlord-tenant court.

Other owners and attorneys said leases must be carefully drafted to maintain control of the premises.

Area residents marched last month to protest the increasing number of blatant pornographic video shops that have opened in the neighborhood. Councilmember Thomas Duane claims that some building owners are jeopardizing the fragility of life in Chelsea by intentionally renting to these shopkeepers who prominently display nude phoWs in the windows. Duane says the owners have done it with ...

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