MANHATTAN: Squatters busted at empty multi-million dollar townhouse

NEW YORK POST: Three squatters were busted Friday inside an empty multi-million dollar Manhattan townhouse owned by a designer to the stars.

Cops raided the Upper East Side home owned by Richard Stark, co-founder of Chrome Hearts, a luxury retail brand celebrated by the likes of Jay Z and Bella Hadid for its edgy silver jewelry and black clothes.

Charges have not yet been filed against the woman and two men found at the more than 5,000- square-foot home at 159 E. 64th St., which was put up for sale in 2013 for $14 million and taken off the market the following year.

The store inside the massive home closed around a decade ago, and it appears the four-story townhouse has been sitting empty since.

Neighbor Joel Mindel, 82, and his wife Susan, who have lived on the street since the 1980s, said the building has long been in disrepair and causes problems on the street....

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