Manhattan couple hasn't paid rent on their $4,754-per-month apartment in almost

[Ptarmigan]

Manhattan couple hasn't paid rent on their $4,754-per-month apartment in almost SEVEN years citing little-known 'Loft law'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4099928/Manhattan-couple-hasn-t-paid-rent-4-754-month-apartment-SEVEN-years.html

A couple living in notoriously expensive Manhattan haven't worried about paying the rent on time for the past seven years - because they haven't been paying it at all.

Digital content producers Zachary Bennett and Karen Nourse have lived for free in their $4,754.02-per-month flat on West 26th Street since 2010. 

Back then, there were other residential units in the nine-story building, but now there are only businesses and art galleries.

Not paying rent for almost seven years! I wonder what Zachary Bennett and Karen Nourse's DU names are.

[thundley4]

I don't see how the law allows them to avoid paying rent. Yes, it allows them to live in a commercial building, but not rent free.

I would do my best to make the areas near them noisy as hell 24/7.