Gwynne Hogan
Karen Dunn has lived in the building since 2007. She says the protections tenants hoped the Loft Law would deliver have failed to materialize.
Three years ago, residents of the building in South Slope were glad to win the protection of the Loft Law. Now, living without cooking gas or heat, they say the city has let them down.
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