8:36 AM EDT on March 25, 2026
In the ongoing battle to save one of the last remaining single-room occupancy buildings in the East Village, tenants have won a three-year reprieve thanks to an unusual move by the City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
Hell Gate first covered the story of 109 East Ninth Street back in May 2025, when tenants claimed that the building’s owner, Michael Geylik, was harassing them to force them out of their deeply affordable rooms—some of them pay $155 per month.
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