Lyme patient sues landlord, claims moldy apartment makes her sicker
By Joyce Cohen, the New York Post
Kelly Kreth was living the Manhattan dream. Ten years ago, she lucked into a rent-stabilized apartment in a doorman elevator building in Yorkville. Her current rent is just $2,105.42 a month.
In her 1964 white-brick building, comparable market-rate apartments rent in the mid-$3,000s. Her home — decorated in black, white and red — was as impeccable as she is.
Last fall, the dream imploded.
Kreth is disabled by Lyme disease, and her neurological symptoms — fatigue, tinnitus, neuropathy, dizziness, numbness, burning pain — flared up, she told The Post. Turns out, in the winter, testing revealed mold in both her urine and her apartment. READ MORE.
