Suffern tenants must move after Jehovah's Witnesses group buys building (quote, organization)

[Meester-Chung]

i am sure these tenants won't letting JW to knock on their doors nor come on their property.


SUFFERN — The nonprofit organization behind the Jehovah’s Witnesses has purchased an apartment complex in the village with plans to use it as temporary housing for members while they work to build a massive new headquarters in nearby Warwick, Orange County.

The sale of the 48-unit Suffern Commons at 10-12 Chestnut St. closed last week, a spokesman for the Watchtower Society told The Journal News.

The deal forces families in the three-story building to quickly find alternative housing and could mean a loss to the village of $56,000 in annual property taxes if the new owner secures a religious tax exemption — which it is interested in, spokesman Richard Devine said.


http://www.lohud.com/article/2013061...-buys-building

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Mathe 26. 11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.

Ain't it the truth.

[manderly6]

Do none of them have a year long lease? Something seems odd. I'm pretty sure if you buy a building that has tenants and a lease you can't just cancel the lease.

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Originally Posted by manderly6

Do none of them have a year long lease? Something seems odd. I'm pretty sure if you buy a building that has tenants and a lease you can't just cancel the lease.

The village will ask the society to give all tenants six months, until Dec. 30, to find new homes, Mayor Dagan Lacorte said.

Lease or not.

[manderly6]

Originally Posted by AREQUIPA

The village will ask the society to give all tenants six months, until Dec. 30, to find new homes, Mayor Dagan Lacorte said.

Lease or not.

In reading the article, I'm guessing a lot of those folks were on a month to month lease. Which means even the current LL could have given them 30 days notice to be out. If they actually get six months that is far and above what they most likely are entitled to.