Published: July 16, 2015 Publication: The Villager By Lincoln Anderson Arthur Schwartz, the Village’s Democratic district leader, turned himself in for arrest at the Sixth Precinct on Tuesday and was charged with grand larceny. At 11:30 a.m. he was handcuffed behind his back, then was driven by police to central booking, where he stayed cuffed in a hallway outside court till 3:30 p.m., at which point he had a bail hearing. He was not asked for a plea and was released on his r

Published: July 15, 2015 Publication: The New York Times By Colleen Wright Ruth Berk in her home since 1961: a rent-controlled Greenwich Village apartment. CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times As her legal guardian, Arthur Schwartz is responsible for the care and well-being of a 91-year-old woman named Ruth Berk. But recently he noticed someone else was keeping a watchful eye over her, too. Last month, Mr. Schwartz said, he decided to look into claims by Ms. Berk’s daughte

Published: July 14, 2015 Publication: Daily News By ROCCO PARASCANDOLA ,  LARRY MCSHANE ,  SHAYNA JACOBS A prominent Manhattan attorney has landed on the wrong side of the law. Arthur Schwartz, accompanied by his lawyer, surrendered Tuesday morning at the Sixth Precinct in Manhattan — the latest twist in a bitter dispute between a landlord and a 93-year-old tenant. Schwartz was charged with one count of grand larceny for removing five surveillance cameras last month from the

Published: July 14, 2015 Publication: WestView News By Arthur Z. Schwartz Intro by George Capsis “Hi George, I am calling you from a cell” were the words spoken to me from the first cell that attorney Arthur Schwartz had ever been in. Later taken in handcuffs from the 6th precinct out onto 10th Street, he experienced the searing humiliation of eyes asking “what crime did that man commit.” And the humiliation continued when police escorted him into the Criminal Court where he

Published: July 1, 2015 Publication: WestView News By Arthur Z. Schwartz In one of the most bizarre episodes in local, and maybe even Citywide landlord-tenant conflagrations, it was discovered this past month that the landlord at 95 Christopher Street has been spying on his ninety-two-year-old rent-controlled tenant, Ruth Berk. Ruth, who got back to her apartment in January after an 11-month stay in a nursing home (a stay fueled by the landlord’s complaints), has been in cont

Published: July 1, 2015 Publication: WestView News By Arthur Z. Schwartz Taste of Lima owner, Nelida Godfrey, is waging a two front battle with Monster Landlord Steve Croman, who owns the building she lives in (on Bedford Street) and the building where her restaurant is located (on the corner of Bedford and Christopher). On June 15, Judge Peter Wendt issued a ruling on a petition brought by Croman alleging that Nelida’s apartment was not subject to the Rent Stabilization Law,