Perhaps you recall the endless monotony of the earlier days of the COVID pandemic being broken up by this horrifying August 2020 news item out of Manhattan:

In short, a woman in New York's West Village was effectively powerless to evict a woman from her apartment; the tenant in question was reportedly extremely difficult to deal with, up to and including allegedly filthing the place up, spraying chemicals everywhere, and blasting loud music.

Now, however, the nightmarish scenario has apparently come to an end:

The West Village "grifter" who lived rent free for three years in one of NYC's priciest neighborhoods, partly by exploiting New York's eviction moratorium, has finally been given the boot.

Kate Gladstone, who also uses the name Katherine Klein, was evicted from owner Valentina Bajada and Heidi Russell's two-bedroom Barrow Street pad Thursday, in an hours-long spectacle attracting a small crowd of workers and neighbors.

Yeah this is clearly a big deal.

Do you know how hard it is to get New Yorkers to stop and stare at anything?

They only do that when it's something, you know, really major.

But wait: The whole ordeal might not be over.

It is not clear if the Thursday eviction is the final chapter: Gladstone is due in court Monday as she again appeals to get back in.

Again, this is a woman who has been living free in an apartment for three years, but the NYC government is giving her a chance to squat in the property even longer!

Exclusive footage of the apartment owners securing the door against Gladstone's return:

Landlords: Always do a background check!

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